Vehicle slams into parked California patrol car, sending two officers to the hospital
The CA officers were responding to the scene of an earlier freeway crash near LA
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Two California Highway Patrol officers were hospitalized early Sunday after a vehicle slammed into their parked patrol car at the scene of an earlier crash on a freeway east of Los Angeles, authorities said.
The collision occurred around 4:30 a.m. on the northbound side of Interstate 215 in San Bernardino, the highway patrol said.
The officers were investigating an earlier three-vehicle crash when their patrol car was struck by an SUV, according to an incident report.
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An SUV collided into a parked patrol car at the scene of an earlier highway crash, sending to officers to the hospital near Los Angeles, California. (Fox News)
They were taken to a hospital in unknown condition, ABC 7 reported. .
One person was taken into custody but details on the suspect and any potential charges were not immediately available.
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Video aired by the news station showed the crushed rear end of a highway patrol and an SUV with severe front-end damage.
All northbound lanes were closed for a time as paramedics and investigators arrived at the scene.