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Pittsburgh Police looking into two separate crashes involving police cruisers

December 31, 2023 / 8:12 AM EST / CBS Pittsburgh

Two separate crashes involve Pittsburgh Police cruisers

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Pittsburgh Police are looking into two separate crashes involving two of their cruisers.

First, they are investigating after one of the cruisers was involved in a crash on Shady and Wilkins Avenues just after 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The police officer and the driver of the other vehicle were not injured in the crash.

Police said during that crash lights and sirens were in use.

Second, Pittsburgh Police said a K9 officer was on his way to a burglary call when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a pole on Lemington and Paulson Avenues.

The officer was not seriously injured and the K9 was taken to a veterinarian's office to be checked for injuries.

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Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.