Chicago hit-and-run crash injures 2 CPD officers on Lake Street in South Austin
CHICAGO (WLS) — Two Chicago police officers were injured in a hit-and-run early Thursday morning in South Austin.
A marked patrol vehicle was traveling east just before 1:40 a.m. in the 5000-block of West Lake Street when a black Dodge Charger going north on Lavergne Avenue blew a traffic signal and plowed into the CPD vehicle’s passenger side, Chicago police said.
The driver of the Charger fled the scene.
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The officers were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, CPD said.
No one was in custody later Thursday morning, and Area Four detectives are investigating.
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