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DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - A freeway south of downtown Dallas was closed for nearly three hours after a crash involving a Dallas police squad car.

The wreck happened before 3:30 a.m. on South Central Expressway at Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Driver Jerry Agnew said he and his friend were trying to get their disabled vehicle out of the main lanes and onto the shoulder when the car was hit by a Dallas police officer. The squad car was then struck by another vehicle.

"The car had [sic] went dead on us and then my friend and I were pushing the car and the police car just hit the back of the car. If I wouldn't have pulled my friend out of the way he wouldn't even be here."

Two adults and a 4-month-old child were in the back seat of Agnew's car. His vehicle was left mangled, but no one involved was seriously injured.

As a precaution, the police officer was taken to Baylor Hospital to be checked out.

Southbound 175 at Pennsylvania was temporarily closed, but backups impacted morning rush hour traffic.

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