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Chicago Police squad car hits parked car, tree on Chicago's Northwest Side

Chicago Police squad car slams into parked car, tree
Chicago Police squad car slams into parked car, tree 00:21

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago Police officer was unhurt Wednesday after crashing a squad car into a parked vehicle, and then a tree, in the Northwest Side's Old Irving Park neighborhood.

Police said the crash happened at 2:26 a.m. in the 4300 block of North Kildare Avenue, near Cullom Avenue.

The squad car was headed north on Kildare Avenue when it hit a parked vehicle and then a tree, police said.

One of the tires fell off the police sport-utility vehicle, and the airbags deployed.

Police have not said the cause of the crash.

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