Car Crashes Into LAPD Cruiser In Exposition Park; Officer Injured
EXPOSITION PARK (CBSLA.com) — A police officer was hospitalized Monday for treatment of injuries sustained in a traffic collision that took place in Exposition Park.
Just before 2:00 a.m., a Los Angeles police officer reported she had been involved in a traffic collision in the area of Exposition Boulevard and Figueroa Street, just outside the University of Southern California campus.
Paramedics transported the officer to a hospital for treatment of minor to moderate injuries. An update on her condition was not immediately known.
A preliminary investigation revealed the officer was passing through the intersection when another vehicle ran a red light and hit her patrol car.
The other driver did not sustain injuries in the crash.
No DUI is suspected, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.