Chicago,IL : 2 injured, including CPD officer, in alcohol-related Englewood crash on March, Saturday 31th 2018

A Chicago Police officer and another person were injured in an alcohol-related crash early Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

Officers were conducting a traffic stop at 1:29 a.m. in the 300 block of West 71st Street when a Dodge Durango struck the rear of their squad car, pinning one of them between the two vehicles, according to Chicago Police.

The officer, a 36-year-old man, was taken to a hospital with a minor leg injury, police said. He was treated and released.

The Durango’s male driver, whose age wasn’t immediately know, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in an unknown condition, police said. The nature of his injury wasn’t immediately known.

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2 injured, including CPD officer, in alcohol-related Englewood crash