L.A. County sheriff’s cruiser and sedan crash in Artesia, injuring 1
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department supervisor was injured when their patrol vehicle collided with another car in Artesia on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Details of how the crash occurred were not immediately released. Sheriff’s officials said the patrol vehicle crashed into a black sedan just before 10 a.m. near Pioneer Boulevard and 183rd Street.
The supervisor was responding to a call for service, with the lights and siren of the patrol vehicle on, when the collision occurred, said Sgt. L. Auner of the Sheriff’s Department.
The supervisor was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, according to a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Police believe the driver mistakenly accelerated when trying to brake, sending the car into the customer reception area. Four people were hit.
Firefighters extricated four people who were trapped inside their vehicles, including the supervisor, a spokesperson with the Fire Department said. It was not immediately clear how many people were in each vehicle.
Video posted by KTTV-TV Channel 11 shows the mangled patrol SUV on the sidewalk, wedged between two utility poles on one side and a home on the other.
The extent of the supervisor’s injuries was not immediately known, Auner said.
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