Alabama police officer dies 2 weeks after on-duty crash

HUNSTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A police officer in Alabama has died two weeks after an on-duty car crash.

The Huntsville Police Department announced Officer Keith Earle’s death on Monday in a news release.

Al.com reports that Earle was injured on a head-on collision on the morning of March 26 and had been in a hospital since the crash.

Another driver also was injured in the collision.

Earle was a Huntsville police officer for nearly 26 years.

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Information from: The Birmingham News, http://www.al.com/birminghamnews