Chicago - A Chicago police sergeant and another man were injured when a squad car and another vehicle collided early Wednesday on the Southwest Side.
The accident happened about 2:21 a.m. at the intersection of 59th Street and California Avenue, and involved a squad car and one other vehicle, police said.
The police sergeant was taken in “stable” condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. He had suffered a head injury that included some swelling, but police said he was conscious and talking at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle, a man, suffered bumps and bruises and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital.
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigatingA Chicago police sergeant was seriously injured this morning when his squad car was struck by another vehicle in a crash that authorities suspect was alcohol-related, officials said.
The officer collided with a green Ford at about 2:22 a.m. near the intersection of 59th Street and California Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, police said.
No details of the accident were available, but a police spokesman said alcohol was suspected in the crash and that charges were pending against the second driver.
The officer was admitted to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition, police said. Authorities initially believed that the sergeant suffered only minor injuries, but later found more extensive injuries internally, authorities said.
The Ford's driver was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, but his condition wasn't known, police said.
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