Two Chicago Police officers hurt in South Shore crash
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SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE - Two Chicago Police officers were injured in a crash on en route to a call Thursday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood.
The 4th District officers were in a marked squad car responding to a call to assist police with a man with a gun at 12:22 p.m., according to Chicago Police. They were heading west on 79th Street with emergency lights on when they were struck on the driver’s side by a vehicle heading north on Yates.
Both officers were taken to Trinity Hospital with minor injuries, police said.
The 31-year-old woman driving the other vehicle also suffered minor injuries and was taken to South Shore Hospital, police said.
She was issued a citation for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.