3 LAPD officers badly injured in hit-and-run crash

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Three Los Angeles police officers were hospitalized with injuries following a hit-and-run crash early Monday after they were assigned to patrol rowdy post-Super Bowl celebrations, according to a local report.

The crash happened around 2:15 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway as the officers with the LAPD’s Harbor Division were returning to their home base, FOX11 Los Angeles reported, citing officials.

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The officers had been assigned to downtown Los Angeles following rowdy crowds and reported mayhem after the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI, the report said.

Three Los Angeles police officers were seriously injured in a freeway hit-and-run crash early Monday after they were assigned to patrol the post-Super Bowl celebrations, according to a local report.

The crash happened around 2:15 a.m. Monday in the southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway. (FOX11 Los Angeles KTTV)

The suspect who struck the officers’ patrol car sped away and led other officers on a brief foot chase, officials said. He was eventually taken into custody along with two women were passengers in his vehicle.

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The three officers were hospitalized following the crash. No update on their current conditions was immediately given.

The LAPD and California Highway Patrol were investigating the crash.