GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - A Green Township police officer and another person were hurt and taken to a hospital after a vehicle struck a cruiser along Interstate 74, county dispatchers say.

It happened between the exits for North Bend Road and Rybolt Road/Harrison Avenue about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

The officer was helping a disabled motorist and waiting for a tow truck to arrive when another car struck the cruiser, hurting the officer and another person, dispatchers confirm.

Both were taken to Mercy Health West Hospital in Green Township.

The officer suffered a leg injury, according to initial emergency communication reports.

Police have not released the other person’s condition.

Westbound I-74 was closed in the area but has since reopened.

More details are expected to be released

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