FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Three people, including a police officer, were taken to the hospital following a multi-vehicle crash in Fort Lauderdale, police said.
Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the three-vehicle crash along Broward Boulevard, near Northwest 11th Avenue, Thursday night.
According to investigators, the Lauderhill Police officer involved was on his way back to the city after having taken an arrestee to jail when the crash occurred.
Witnesses said a pickup truck and a small sedan were traveling north on 11th Avenue when they collided with the police cruiser at the intersection with Broward Boulevard.
A male witness told 7News he was down the block when he heard a screeching of tires and a huge crashing noise. He came out to see what had happened.
The officer and two other people suffered minor injuries and were transported to Broward Health Medical Center as a precaution.
The man who was driving the small sedan told 7News that his wife, who is seven months pregnant, was one of the patients transported to the hospital.
7News cameras captured the police cruiser with significant front-end damage, as well as pieces of the vehicles in the aftermath of the crash.
The intersection was temporarily shut down for drivers while police investigated the circumstances surrounding the crash. It has since reopened to traffic.
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