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ISP squad car struck by stolen car on Illinois Freeway

ISP square car struck by stolen car on Bishop Ford
ISP square car struck by stolen car on Bishop Ford 00:27

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois State Police say someone driving a stolen car hit one of their troopers' squad cars this week.

It happened around 10 p.m. Thursday on the Bishop Ford Freeway at King Drive.

ISP said a trooper was trying to pull over a stolen Dodge Charger when it rear-ended another trooper who was working on a separate traffic stop on the shoulder.

The trooper was inside at the time of the crash but refused medical attention.

Three people in the stolen charger got away.

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