Methuen police officer injured during crash on way to call

Allison Corneau, The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.
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Sep. 20—METHUEN — A Methuen police officer suffered what Chief Randy Haggar described as "minor" injuries Monday morning while the patrolman was on his way to a call for service.

Haggar said Officer Brady Abraham was traveling south on Jackson Street at approximately 8 a.m. with his lights and sirens on and was attempting to pass a 2007 Acura that was also traveling south.

When Abraham tried to pass the Acura, the female driver started to take a left turn into the driveway of 103 Jackson St., Haggar said, colliding with the side of Abraham's cruiser.

As a result of the crash, Abraham's cruiser went into the northbound lane, onto the sidewalk and struck a pole, the chief said.

Abraham and the female driver of the Acura were taken to Lawrence General Hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries and later released.

There was severe damage to both the pole and the police cruiser, Haggar said. The crash remains under investigation.