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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.

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