ABERDEEN, Md. — The crash in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 28, 2023 came after Acting Corporal James Haddix had just left his home in Newark, Delaware bound for the Aberdeen Police Department.
“I looked up and seen headlights on the berm on my side of the road, and said, ‘What is this guy doing?’” recalled Haddix, “and then seconds later, the headlights weren’t on the side of the road anymore. They were in front of me so I heard a loud bang.”
Haddix blacked out upon impact and came out of it to find himself trapped in the wreckage of his unmarked police car.
“I remember hearing somebody say, ‘Hey, I think this one’s dead’,” said Haddix, “Inside, I’m like, ‘No. No. This guy’s not dead. Don’t give up.”
Five surgeries including a knee reconstruction and the removal of glass shards from one of his eyes would …