3 injured, including two CPD officers, in West Woodlawn crash

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Friday, March 1, 2019
3 injuredi, including 2 CPD officers, in West Woodlawn crash
Three people, including two Chicago police officers, were injured in a crash involving a squad car in the West Woodlawn neighborhood Thursday night, police said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three people, including two Chicago police officers, were injured in a crash involving a squad car in the West Woodlawn neighborhood Thursday night, police said.

Two officers on their way to a call of a man with a gun were traveling south on Cottage Grove Avenue when their squad car collided with a Kia sedan traveling west on Marquette Road at about 11:23 p.m., police said.

The two officers and the man driving the Kia were all transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. No other injuries were reported.

The Kia driver was cited for not yielding to an emergency vehicle with lights on.