Two Los Angeles police officers and two passengers in another vehicle were injured when that car allegedly ran a stop sign and slammed into a police cruiser that was on routine patrol, a sergeant said today.
The collision took place about 8:40 p.m. at Halldale and Gage avenues in South Los Angeles, LAPD spokesman Ricardo Hernandez said.
According to LAPD Sgt. Norma Vargas, the Mercedes Benz involved in the crash was traveling south on Halldale Avenue and then ran a stop sign at the intersection with Gage Avenue, where the Mercedes slammed into the police cruiser that was on routine patrol along Gage.
Two officers and two people in the Mercedes were injured, with one of the persons in the Mercedes suffering a broken arm, Hernandez said.
All four were treated at a hospital and released.
Officers responded to the scene, Vargas said, then the investigation was taken over by the Multi-Discipline Collision Investigation Team,  which operates citywide under the LAPD’s Traffic Coordination Section.
MTIC provides a high-tech investigation of crashes, according to Vargas and Hernandez.
“They are called out when city employees are involved and there are possible city liability issues raised by the accident,” Hernandez said.
