3 officers injured in T-bone crash involving 2 Kansas City police vehicles
Three police officers were injured, two seriously, when two police vehicles collided early Monday in downtown Kansas City, a police spokeswoman said.
The crash occurred shortly before 1 a.m. at the intersection of East 12th Street and Grand Avenue, Officer Alayna Gonzalez with the Kansas City Police Department.
The officers were taken to a hospital, two with serious but not life-threatening injuries. The third officer had minor injuries.
A preliminary investigation revealed that one of the police vehicles was headed east on 12th Street and had a green light, Gonzalez said. The other police vehicle was headed south on Grand with a red light. Both had their lights and sirens activated.
The eastbound vehicle T-boned the other one in the intersection.
The officers were responding to two separate emergency calls and were not in pursuit of anyone, said Sgt. Phil DiMartino, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department. The nature of those calls was not immediately available.
DiMartino didn’t have details on whether the crash delayed police response to those emergency calls.
DiMartino, speaking in general, said: “If officers were on an emergency call and suddenly became unavailable, due to an accident, a sudden emergency situation, etc., then another officer would subsequently respond to the call. It would be safe to assume this temporary rerouting can impact a response time. While this is not a usual occurrence, our dispatchers are well-trained in getting resources where they are needed in the most expedient fashion possible.”
