Two Officers Injured After SUV Hits Police Car In Chicago

An SUV hit a Chicago Police Department squad car in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Thursday night.

According to CPD, officers were driving southbound in the 100 block of South Hamlin, right after 10:30 p.m., when a man driving an SUV failed to stop at a stop sign. He crashed the side of the squad car.

Two officers were taken to regional hospitals with minor injuries.

Citations were issued to the driver of the SUV.

In Chicago, between January 1 – July 28, 2020, there has been a 14% increase in speeding, part of a dangerous trend of dangerous driving during the coronavirus crisis.