EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio — Authorities are investigating a three-vehicle crash that left an Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser damaged after it was struck by a wrong-way driver Saturday evening.
The collision occurred at approximately 8:19 p.m. on U.S. Route 30 in East Liverpool when a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes crashed into a marked patrol cruiser.
According to investigators, the trooper was able to exit the cruiser following the impact and immediately provide assistance to the driver of the wrong-way vehicle, identified as 61-year-old David Hertzler.
Hertzler was transported to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The trooper was treated for minor injuries.
A third vehicle sustained minor damage in the crash, but officials said neither the driver nor the passenger was injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
