Update: Burgaw Police officer released from hospital after his vehicle was struck

BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — Burgaw Police Department Chief Jim Hock reports Officer Powell has been released from New Hanover Regional Medical Center to recover at home following an accident Friday evening.

Pender County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Captain James Rowell told WWAY Friday that the crash happened near Highway 117 and Old Savannah Road.

Hock reports Powell was traveling north on Highway 117 when another vehicle struck his patrol car.

Sgt. S.B. Wilson with State Highway Patrol says that Edward Feltman of Burgaw failed to stop at a stop sign on US 117 and collided with Officer Powell.

According to Sgt. Wilson, Feltman was then taken by his parents to get checked out at Pender Memorial Hospital.

Hock says Feltman was cited for causing the motor vehicle collision.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.

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