Boston Police officer seriously hurt in cruiser crash

BOSTON - A Boston Police officer was seriously hurt in a crash early Monday morning.

The unidentified officer's cruiser was one of several cars involved in a collision at Columbia and Devon streets around 12:40 a.m.

Boston Police said the officer was responding to a shooting at the South Bay shopping center in Dorhcester at the time of the crash and ended up with "serious but non-life-threatening injuries."

One other person was hurt.

There's no word yet on what caused the crash.