{"id":211515,"date":"2026-06-05T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211515\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:05:07","slug":"scranton-police-k-9-unit-involved-in-crash-on-i-380-officer-and-dog-unharmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211515\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton police K-9 unit involved in crash on I-380, officer and dog unharmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF)  \u2014 A Scranton Police Department K-9 vehicle was involved in a rollover crash Thursday evening on Interstate 380 in Lackawanna County, but both the officer and police dog escaped without serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Scranton Police Department, the K-9 unit was returning from training when the crash occurred near mile marker 19 on Interstate 380. Information from 511PA indicated the crash happened around 6 p.m. on Interstate 380 northbound near Exit 20 for Daleville and Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1704175573921042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WATCH THE TITAN TREE SERVICE VIDEO HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police said neither the officer nor the K-9 suffered serious injuries despite the severity of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details emerged after Olyphant-based Titan Tree Service shared a statement on social media describing how one of its crews responded immediately after witnessing the crash.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, crew members were traveling back to headquarters when they encountered the overturned police cruiser with the officer and K-9 trapped inside.<\/p>\n<p>The workers reportedly stopped and assisted at the scene, opening the vehicle&#8217;s door, checking on the officer and K-9, and helping secure the area while waiting for emergency responders to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Officer and pup were very fortunate to have escaped unscathed,&#8221; the company wrote in a social media post praising its employees&#8217; actions.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton Police Department K-9 vehicle was involved in a rollover crash Thursday evening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-211515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}