Early Friday morning, a collision involving two Chicago police squad cars left six officers injured, with the incident taking place in the Little Village neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side. According to ABC7 Chicago, the crash occurred just after 2:15 a.m. in the 1900 block of South Western Avenue as both cars, one carrying four officers and the other two, were traveling northbound.
Four of the officers involved were reported in good condition while the remaining two were described as fair, all of whom were transported to a local hospital for treatment, these updates on their conditions were not at immediate risk suggesting the nature of the injuries sustained might not be life-threatening, it was reported by Chicago Tribune. There were no other injuries reported in the collision, and, at the time of reporting, Chicago police provided no further details on what may have precipitated the crash between the two vehicles.
Investigations are likely to follow, aiming to untangle the sequence that led to the crash itself and, with the assessment of vehicle damage, the dynamics of the collision that hospitalized six of Chicago's finest while they were in the line of duty, and as the community awaits further developments, authorities are expected to provide updates once more information becomes available.
