CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three people were hospitalized after a suspected drunk driver crashed into a Chicago Police Department cruiser Wednesday morning causing his vehicle to flip on its side and take out a traffic light in Jefferson Park on the North Side.
According to Chicago police, around 12:00 a.m. a 38-year-old man was driving a 2019 Kia west on Lawrence Avenue when he ran through a red light and struck the CPD vehicle headed south on Central Avenue.
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Fire crews said they had to extricate the 38-year-old from the SUV after the vehicle rolled over.
The man was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, police said. He condition was stabilized.
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The two CPD officers who were in the cruiser were also taken to Lutheran hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Police said the incident appears to be alcohol-related. The driver of the Kia is being investigated for a possible DUI.