{"id":634924,"date":"2026-04-28T21:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634924\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:11:13","slug":"3-opp-officers-hurt-while-responding-to-crash-that-killed-colleague-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634924\/","title":{"rendered":"3 OPP officers hurt while responding to crash that killed colleague, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Three <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/opp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">OPP<\/a> officers were taken to hospital as a precaution after getting into a three-car collision while responding to a crash that killed a colleague.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The provincial police force said Tuesday those officers have since been released from hospital and that no other injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Two OPP cruisers were involved in a crash with a passenger vehicle stopped on Highway 401 not far from Burnham Street North in Cobourg, the site where Sgt. Brandon Malcom died earlier Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 5:30 p.m., members of Northumberland OPP were called for reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11819870\/opp-officer-killed-cobourg-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a single-vehicle crash<\/a> on the highway involving a motorcycle. Malcom died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP said he served his entire career with Northumberland, having joined the force in June 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 33-year-old was an accomplished and proud member of the OPP Golden Helmets,\u201d the force said in a news release Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was highly respected and trusted as a leader who fostered a supportive environment. His quiet confidence, professionalism and strong work ethic made him an integral part of the OPP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances surrounding the collisions are under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe OPP is assisting Sergeant Malcolm\u2019s family as they deal with this tragedy. We acknowledge the impact of this tragic loss and extend our thoughts to everyone affected by this devastating incident,\u201d the OPP said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also extend our sincere appreciation to the first responders and community members for the compassion and support you have demonstrated to the OPP during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from Global News\u2019 Alessia Simona Maratta<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three OPP officers were taken to hospital as a precaution&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,43,44,237374,12236,29679,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-634924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-canada","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-ontario-crash","tag-ontario-provincial-police","tag-opp","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}