Around 9:30 PM on Thursday, May 7, a Radnor Township police cruiser collided with a civilian sedan at the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and King of Prussia Road, leaving the civilian driver — a woman whose name has not been released — with serious lower-body injuries. The officer, driving eastbound on Lancaster en route to a reported assault in progress on the 1000 block of E. Lancaster Avenue, struck a vehicle exiting Interstate 476, according to Radnor Police Sgt. Brady McHale.
Both vehicles became disabled. NBC10 shared photographs of the cruiser with significant rear-bumper damage and a grey sedan with extensive front-end damage stopped halfway onto the grass. Sgt. McHale told reporters both cars are "most likely totaled."
The civilian driver was transported to Paoli Hospital with serious lower-body injuries and was reported in stable condition on Friday morning. The officer was treated at Bryn Mawr Hospital for head and arm injuries and was released early Friday.
The underlying incident the officer was responding to involved a reported fight between two men outside a parked vehicle. "There were two males fighting," Sgt. McHale said. "One male found another male underneath his vehicle. We don't know what he was doing, but we believe there was a theft in progress." The intoxicated suspect was ultimately arrested and charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness — all summary offenses.
The crash itself remains under investigation by the Radnor Police Department's Highway Patrol & Traffic Safety Unit. No charges have been filed in connection with the collision; the cause has not yet been publicly determined.
Sources: Radnor Patch, May 8, 2026; NBC10 Philadelphia, May 8, 2026; 6abc Philadelphia, May 8, 2026.