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CPD Officer Taken Away In Ambulance After Washington Park Neighborhood Accident

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago Police officer was taken away in an ambulance Monday afternoon in an accident involving a squad car and other vehicles in the Washington Park community.

A squad car was seen with one of its taillights hanging off at the scene at 61st Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on Monday afternoon. Two other cars were also seen damaged at the scene – with one appearing to have broadsided the other.

Accident At 61st And King Drive

Chopper 2 is over the scene of a serious accident at 61st Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. A Chicago Police squad car was involved.

Posted by CBS Chicago on Monday, November 25, 2019

An officer was seen being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher. The Fire Department said a Chicago Police sergeant was admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center in an unknown condition.

Further details about the accident and other injuries were not immediately available.

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