Police: 2 officers, civilians hurt after car hits cruiser conducting traffic stop in North Philly
NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Two Philadelphia Police officers were injured in a car accident, along with civilians in another vehicle, while on a traffic stop, in North Philadelphia.
According to officials, two officers with the 22nd Philadelphia Police District were conducting a traffic stop Saturday evening, at about 6:13 p.m., on the 2500 block of West Sedgley Avenue. Their patrol vehicle was marked.
Authorities say the officers had pulled over a maroon Honda Accord on West Sedgley Avenue and both the marked police car and the Honda were parked on the street.
Next, a 2010 gold Mercedes was traveling at a high rate of speed while fleeing a crash on W. Sedgley Avenue and W. Lehigh Ave when it rear-ended the marked police car causing the officers' car to hit the Honda.
Both officers were able to get out of their patrol car to detain the 28-year-old man who was driving the Mercedes, police say.
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Authorities say both officers in the car sustained head injuries.
The driver of the Honda experienced head pain and dizziness and she and her children, who were passengers, were transported to a local hospital, according to police.
All three cars were heavily damaged from the crash, authorities say.
Charges are pending, according to police.