Near West Side crash leaves two CPD officers, one civilian injured
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Three people – two of them Chicago Police officers – were injured in an auto accident Friday evening on the Near West Side.
Police said at 9:27 p.m., a woman was driving a Jeep Liberty south on Oakley Boulevard when she ran a red light and struck a squad car at Congress Parkway.
The damage was seen on the driver's side of a Chicago Police sport-utility vehicle at the scene.
The accident scene is just blocks from Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where the officers were taken with non-life-threatening injuries.
The woman who had been driving the Jeep was taken to the same hospital in fair condition, and was given three traffic tickets.
No other injuries were reported.
