Three police officers were seriously hurt when they fell off a military transport truck leaving the area of the boardwalk fire in Seaside Heights.

Military transport truck in Seaside Park
Military transport truck in Seaside Park (WCAU TV)
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Governor Chris Christie during a press conference said that the officers sustained head injuries but did not give any other details. WCAU TV reports that the incident took place at 9:30 a.m. at O Street and Ocean Avenue

Two of the officers were were flown to a hospital via medical helicopter according to Jersey Shore Hurricane News.

The two men and a woman were sitting on a bench that came loose dropping the officers onto the street after working all night to secure the area of the fire.

 

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