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Spokesperson: Police cruiser crashes while responding to hit-and-run incident

The crash happened on East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and North 29th Street.

TAMPA, Fla — A Tampa Police cruiser collided with another vehicle this afternoon at an intersection in the east part of the city, a spokesperson with the Tampa Police Department reports.

Around 1:30 p.m., the police officer was driving in a marked patrol car with the sirens on. The officer was responding to a hit-and-run crash where a person was trapped inside of an overturned vehicle, Tampa Police Department reports.

The cruise slammed into the back right corner of a Nissan Sentra on East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and North 29th Street. And the collision sent the officer's patrol car into a light pole, authorities say. 

The police officer and the driver of the other car were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

At this time, the crash is under investigation, Tampa police say.

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