PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Berks County police officer was killed Friday night in a car crash while responding to a call.
Officer Kristen Yeager, of the Central Berks Regional Police Department, was killed in a crash around 8 p.m. near the intersection of Manatawny and Shoemaker roads in Earl Township.
The Central Berks Regional Police Department said Yeager answered the call to protect and serve every day. Adding the “commitment to her badge, her fellow officers, and the citizens she served will never be forgotten.”
It’s unclear the nature of the emergency Officer Yeager was responding to.
The cause of the crash is being investigated. Police ask for thoughts and prayers for Yeager’s family.
