Police Officer OK After Single-Vehicle Crash in Moultonborough

A local police officer is slightly bruised but not broken after he lost control of his cruiser and crashed Saturday afternoon in Moultonborough.

Department sources say the officer, who was not identified, had been headed east on Route 25 near Sheridan Road when his vehicle strayed off the road and crashed into an embankment around 2:30 p.m.

Fellow motorists reportedly stopped and helped pull him out of the wreckage.

Officials say he was taken to Laconia’s Concord Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and released.

Cause of the crash is under investigation.