PLANT CITY, FL : 5, including 3 children, hospitalized after crash with Plant City on Sunday, 8th October 2023

A crash involving a Plant City police officer that sent five people, including three children ages three and under, to the hospital is under investigation.

According to the Plant City Police Department, an officer responding to an in-progress call was traveling southbound on N. Park Road around 10:35 p.m. in an unmarked Dodge Durango police vehicle with its lights activated.

At the same time, a Ford Fusion with a man, a woman and three children, was traveling northbound on N. Park Road in the left turn lane and was preparing to turn left onto E. Cherry Street.

Investigators say the driver of the Ford Fusion, an adult man, did not yield right of way to the officer before beginning the left turn.

As the Ford Fusion entered the intersection, detectives say it was struck on its passenger side by the officer in the Dodge Durango.

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