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RCMP officer struck by car while responding to traffic accident

Chilliwack RCMP member sent to hospital after responding to motor vehicle accident at Mary and Hodgins.
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Emergency personnel tend to one of their own after an RCMP officer was hit by a car while directing traffic at a crash scene at Mary Street and Hodgins Avenue in Chilliwack on Monday morning.

An RCMP officer was hit by a passing motorist at Mary Street and Hodgins Avenue, while attending the scene of an earlier accident.

A vehicle had hit a person in a scooter at the intersection, which is just metres away from the emergency room entrance of Chilliwack General Hospital. One of the officers attending that scene was then hit by a passing motorist. He was directing traffic at the time.

The officer was being transported to hospital on a gurney, with lower leg injuries. There is no update yet on the condition of the person in the wheelchair.

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