Tampa Police Officer Injured While Responding To Accident

Tampa FL

23 October, 2021

9:05 PM

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TAMPA, FL — A Tampa police officer was injured after striking a car while responding to a traffic accident Saturday. Around 1:30 p.m., the officer was called to a hit-and-run accident at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and North 29th Street in which a person was trapped in an overturned vehicle. While the officer was driving across North 29th Street in a marked police cruiser with lights and siren on, it struck the right quarter panel of a Nissan Sentra and was propelled into a utility pole. The officer and the driver of the Nissan Sentra were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries that are not life-threatening.