June 09--Three police officers responding to an officer in distress in the Austin neighborhood were injured in a car crash Monday afternoon.
They were taken to "area hospitals with minor injuries," according to a Chicago Police Department spokesman.
The crash happened about 2:25 p.m. in the 700 block of South Laramie Avenue. The squad car was traveling north on Laramie Avenue when a Subaru Impreza tried to pass traffic stopped on Flournoy Street and hit the squad car, police said.
The driver of that car, 64, and an 80-year-old passenger, had minor injuries and were taken to Stroger Hospital, authorities said.
The call to which police were responding -- officer in distress -- resulted in an officer being taken to an area hospital with wounds to the face after a man hit him with his fist.
It's not clear what happened in that incident, which occurred in the 5100 block of West Madison Street. Charges are pending against the man.
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