A Whitehall Township Fire Police officer was injured Monday night while directing traffic at the scene of an accident, at the intersection of MacArthur Road and Center Street.

According to Whitehall Fire Department’s Facebook post Tuesday night, fire police officer Ryan Kramer was being moved from the intensive care unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he was taken after the accident. Kramer has significant injuries and “has a long recovery ahead of him,” the department noted.

Fire Chief David Nelson said Kramer has 19 years of service with the township’s fire police unit.