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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sun-Times Wire

Crash in Austin sends 12 — including 10 cops — to hospitals

Chicago Police respond the the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in the 1200 block of North Laramie.

Officials said none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening.

A four-car crash Saturday in Austin left 12 people injured, including 10 Chicago police officers.

A marked police van, SUV and “several civilian vehicles” were involved in a crash about 10 p.m. in the 1200 block of North Laramie Avenue, according to preliminary information, police said.

The officers were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

A man and a woman were taken with non-life threatening injuries to Norwegian American Hospital, police said. No other injuries were reported.

Additional information was not immediately available.

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