Two people were injured after being struck by an off-duty Bethlehem police officer driving in the city Sunday morning, the city's police chief said.

Bethlehem police say an off-duty officer driving in the city struck two people crossing an intersection Sunday morning. (Sarah Cassi | For lehighvalleylive.com)

The veteran officer, whom Chief Mark DiLuzio is not identifying, has been placed on administrative leave while the department investigates the crash, which occurred about 9 a.m. in the 400 block of East Washington Avenue, near St. Anne's Church.

The two pedestrians were taken to St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, DiLuzio said.

One woman fell and injured her face and head after being struck, and the other pedestrian complained of soreness, the chief said.

DiLuzio said drugs, alcohol and speed were not factors in the crash, and police are asking any witnesses to call the department's traffic division at 610-865-7155.

"It is going to be thoroughly investigated," DiLuzio said.

The officer was making a turn at the intersection with Easton Avenue, DiLuzio said, and police believe the pedestrians were crossing the intersection diagonally and were not in the crosswalk.

After the crash the officer, who was not injured, stopped immediately and began rendering aid to the pair, the chief said.

"He was upset over it," DiLuzio said. "It's one thing to see it when you're responding to a call ... it's another thing to be in it."

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