FIRE POLICE OFFICER STRUCK BY HIT-AND-RUN VEHICLE

Earlier truck accident closes Route 29 for hours

UPPER PROVIDENCE » A Phoenixville fire police officer was hit by a car while directing traffic at an accident scene on Bridge Street (Route 29) near Jacobs Street in Upper Providence Monday afternoon.

Fire police still at the crash scene said the volunteer was struck by a hit-run vehicle and was taken to Phoenixville Hospital with knee and Leg injuries. Upper Providence police say the initial accident happened around 11 a.m. when the driver of a flatbed tractor-trailer carrying a load of siding had to hit the brakes to avoid a collision with another truck going under the railroad bridge at the narrow curve in front of Black Rock Volunteer Fire Company.

The siding shifted off the skids, with some falling off the truck onto the roadway. Bridge Street is Route 29 in that area and the road was closed for more than six hours while police investigated and workers cleaned debris from the road.

Police at the scene said they were still looking for the the hit-run vehicle that struck the fire policeman.

TOM KELLY III — FOR DIGIAL FIRST MEDIA A truck dumped a load of siding onto Bridge Street (Route 29) in Upper Providence Monday. A fire police officer at the scene was struck by a hit-and-run driver, according to police.

TOM KELLY III — FOR DIGIAL FIRST MEDIA A worker loads pieces of siding back onto the tractor-trailer after the siding fell onto the roadway following the accident.

TOM KELLY III — FOR DIGIAL FIRST MEDIA Route 29 was closed for more than six hours Monday while police investigated two accidents, one of which injured a fire police officer from Phoenixville.