WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WAVE) - A Washington County man was airlifted to UofL Hospital following a collision with an off-duty Salem police officer.

This happened Sunday around 4 p.m. The Salem Police Department requested assistance from the Indiana State Police to investigate a crash at the intersection of Old State Road 56 and North Canton Road, near Canton.

According to the preliminary findings, Officer Tony England, an off-duty Salem Police Department officer, was driving a department cruiser westbound on Old State Road 56 and was preparing to turn left onto North Canton Road.

Meanwhile, a bicyclist, Terry L. Eagle, age sixty, was traveling eastbound on Old State Road 56, approaching the intersection.

Officer England failed to see the bicycle as he turned left onto Canton Road and

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