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2 hospitalized, including police officer after driver T-bones Houston PD patrol car

Crash involving HPD Patrol Car (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

HOUSTON – Two people were hospitalized Tuesday night after investigators say a driver crashed into a Houston PD patrol car on the city’s southwest side.

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It happened around 10 p.m., according to police, when an HPD officer was getting ready to pull over another vehicle while westbound on Bissonnet and Kirkwood. That’s when another driver T-boned the cop car at the intersection.

The unidentified driver who crashed into the patrol car was also hospitalized with minor injuries.

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Meanwhile, the officer driving the car was not injured, but the officer sitting on the passenger side suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital.

It’s unclear who is at fault because of the crash, but an investigation remains underway.


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Historian, educator, writer, expert on "The Simpsons," amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas' Fall 2019 issue.

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