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LAPD Cruiser Slams Into Pole Outside Fairfax Fatburger

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – No officers were seriously hurt after a Los Angeles police patrol SUV crashed into a pole outside a Fatburger eatery in the Fairfax District Sunday night.

LAPD Cruiser Slams Into Pole Outside Fairfax Fatburger
An LAPD patrol SUV crashes into a pole outside a Fatburger in the Fairfax District. July 19, 2020. (CBSLA)

Los Angeles police were tailing a vehicle when they lost sight of it and then crashed their cruiser into a pole at West 3rd Street and La Cienega Boulevard at around 10:20 p.m., according to Los Angeles police.

The two officers in the cruiser were not seriously hurt, police said. There was no word on whether they were taken to a hospital.

The exact details of the crash were not confirmed. Its also unclear why the officers were following another vehicle.

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