2 CPD officers hurt in NW Side crash after squad car swerves to avoid scooter
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Two Chicago Police Officers were injured in a crash Monday night as they were responding to a call in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood.
The officers were in a marked car with lights and siren activated, according to a statement from the department. It was about 7 p.m.
They were driving northbound on the 2300 block of North Laramie at Belden when two people on a scooter, according to police, failed to yield.
The squad car swerved to avoid them and hit a parked car. Both the squad and that car caught fire.
Police said two other parked vehicles were damaged.
The officers were taken to a hospital in fair condition. The people on the scooter ran from the scene.
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