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Two Chicago Police Officers Injured During NW Side Traffic Stop

(CBS) -- Two Chicago Police officers are hospitalized after an early-morning traffic stop on the Northwest Side, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.

Police had pulled over a cargo van near Belmont and Long at 1:10 a.m. and two officers were walking up to the vehicle when it sped through a red light, police say, hitting another squad car and two parked cars.

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Two male officers inside the squad car were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Police News Affairs.

The van's driver, a 35-year-old male, was transported in critical condition to Illinois Masonic.

Police say the four passengers in the van refused medical treatment.

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