The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that two police officers were injured on Wednesday night in a Chicago car crash. The collision occurred when the police car was struck from behind while making a traffic stop on the Northwest Side.
The accident occurred just after 9 PM in the 300 block of W. Addison St. according to a police department spokesperson. The injured officers were taken by ambulance to Mount Sinai Hospital. One officer was reportedly in critical to serious condition and the other was in serious to fair condition.
The officers were outside of their police car when the accident took place. The police spokesperson also stated that there were people arrested after the officers were injured, but no details were given.