4, including 2 Chicago police officers, injured in Lawndale vehicle crash

Saturday, November 2, 2019
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Four people, including two Chicago police officers, were injured Friday when a vehicle hit a squad car in Lawndale on the city's West Side.

Police said a marked squad car was traveling northbound around 10 p.m. in the 900 block of South Cicero Avenue when a 2011 gray Buick Lucerne traveling southbound crossed over the lanes and struck the side of the car.
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The two officers inside the squad car were taken to an area hospital in good condition with body soreness, police said.

The driver of the Buick, a 29-year-old woman, declined medical treatment. She was taken into custody for a DUI investigation, police said. Her two passengers, a 15-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy were taken to Stroger Hospital with lacerations and bruises.
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Major Accidents unit is investigating, and charges are pending against the woman.
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