
A Chicago police officer was injured early Wednesday after crashing into a tree in Austin on the West Side.

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The officer and a partner were responding to a call around 12:20 a.m. when a car turned left in front of their patrol car in the 700 block of North Lamon Avenue, police said. The officer veered off the road and struck a tree.
The officer was taken to a hospital in good condition, police said. The other officer refused treatment.
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