Officials have identified the Rowan University police officer struck and injured Saturday night in Glassboro. Officer Russell Carmolingo, a 5-year veteran of the Rowan police force, was struck by a passing car while he was making a routine traffic stop on Route 322. It happened before 10 p.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Mullica Hill Road.
A Rowan spokesperson said Carmolingo was treated at Cooper University Hospital for facial cuts and a broken facial bone. He is expected to make a full recovery.
The driver who struck the officer did stop at the scene and has been cooperating with the investigation.