DAYTON — Area law enforcement agencies are voicing their support for the Dayton Police Department after four of its staff members were involved in a crash Thursday.
According to Dayton Police Chief Kamran Afzal, a Dayton police supervisor and three recruits were on SR-4 between the Stanley Avenue and Harshman Road exits for a training exercise when a Reichard Buick GMC vehicle slammed into the police cruiser that was parked along the shoulder of the road.
The supervisor, three recruits, and two people inside the Reichard Buick GMC were all taken to the hospital.
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One of the recruits suffered life-threatening injuries, Afzal said.
Agencies around the Miami Valley showed their support on social media for DPD.
Butler Township Police Department asked the public to keep the department in their thoughts.
Clark County Sheriff Deb Burchett said her department is sending prayers to the recruit seriously injured.
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The Franklin Police Department also showed support on social media.
Springboro Police Department said they are thinking of their Dayton PD family.
“Prayers for our brothers and sisters in blue at Dayton PD,” Riverside wrote on social media.
We will continue following this story and add responses as they come in.