Eight people hurt in South L.A. crash involving police, children
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A crash involving a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle left eight people, including two officers, injured Friday night.
The crash happened shortly before 8 p.m. near East 107th Street and South Central Avenue, said Officer Rosario Cervantes, a police spokeswoman.
In addition to the two officers, two children and four adults were hurt, the L.A. Fire Department said.
All injuries were determined to be non-life-threatening, firefighters said.
At the time of the crash, officers were responding to a call with their lights and sirens on, said a watch commander with the LAPD’s South Traffic Division.
Authorities didn’t provide further details about the crash.
Times staff writer Matthew Ormseth contributed to this report.
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