Crime & Safety

Officer Injured in Early Evening Police Car Crash

Incident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Clinton Hill.

At least one police officer was injured Tuesday in a car crash near the intersection of Greene and Grand avenues in Clinton Hill.

The police car was traveling along Greene Avenue at approximately 5:30 p.m. when it crashed into a black Jeep at Grand Avenue, according to a cashier who was working at nearby Greene Valley Market when the incident occurred. 

The cashier, who declined to give his name, said first responders "had to cut off the door" of the police vehicle to reach the officer.

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There was a report that two officers had been injured in the crash, but that could not be immediately confirmed. The condition of the officer is not known.

The driver of the Jeep was uninjured, according to the cashier.

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