Seven police officers and a police dog in Spokane, Washington, were hospitalized Friday for injuries they got when their vehicles collided with a suspect vehicle during a high-speed car chase.
All those involved in the crash, including three suspects who were arrested, are expected to recover from their injuries, police said.
A SWAT team and K-9 officer had finished looking for a suspect with a warrant on Friday at 1 p.m. when the police dog saw a suspect vehicle from a recent drive-by shooting, according to a report posted by Spokane Police Department liaison officer Sgt. Teresa Fuller.
The K9 officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but the vehicle fled, and – due to the severity of the original crime – the officers began to pursue it, police said.
During the chase, an assisting armored police vehicle crashed into the suspect vehicle at the intersection of Oak and Carlisle streets in a west-central Spokane residential neighborhood. The vehicle with the K-9 officer pursuing the suspect car then crashed into the suspect car, too, police said.
Three suspects were detained and transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The police officers were also transported to the hospital after securing the safety of the crime scene, while the K-9 officer was taken to a local veterinarian, police said.
Via USAToday