SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER HITS POLICE OFFICER AND TWO PEOPLE ON TRAFFIC STOP AT HALSTED ST AND 74TH STREET, CHICAGO

WED NOV 27 2013 ~12:45 AM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
POLICE-INVOLVED CAR-PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT/TRAFFIC STOP
74TH ST AND HALSTED ST CHICAGO, IL

CRASH WITH INJURIES. POLICE OFFICER AND TWO OCCUPANTS OF A VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED ON A TRAFFIC STOP WERE STRUCK BY A THIRD CAR.

THE THIRD CAR FIRST SIDESWIPED A CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FORD EXPLORER BEFORE HITTING THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE STOPPED CAR.

POLICE OFFICER TRANSPORTED THE POLICE OFFICER TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER IN SERIOUS CONDITION, BUT WAS LATER REPORTED TO HAVE NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

THE DRIVER OF THIRD CAR HOSPITALIZED AND IN CUSTODY -- SUSPECTED OF DUI.

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