Two Houston Police officers narrowly avoided more severe injuries after their patrol car collided with a pillar while attempting a U-turn on the North Loop feeder early Sunday morning. The crash occurred near Ella Boulevard as the officers were responding to assist a colleague, as originally reported by KHOU. Initially, it was feared that one of the officers had sustained multiple broken bones. However, following medical assessment, the Houston Police Department later confirmed that, thankfully, neither officer sustained broken bones in the incident.
According to the follow-up report by ABC13, the two officers, one male and one female, were taken to local hospitals after the crash. Initially believed to have suffered serious bone fractures, subsequent medical tests returned results that indic/ated the injuries were actually bad sprains. Lieutenant J.P. Horelica of Houston Police Department stated that they were "lucky they don't have any broken bones." This information came as a relief considering the severity of the accident.
The officers involved in the accident were both members of the North Shepard Division and were reportedly only 20 days shy of their first anniversary with the department, as per ABC13. The Houston Police Department has not released any further information about the crash at this time.
