Two Blue Island police officers were injured early Saturday morning after crashing into a vehicle allegedly being driven by armed robbers, police said.
The incident began at about 12:45 a.m. when three suspects stole a black Infinity at gunpoint in the 1400 block of West 127th Street in Calumet Park, Blue Island police said. The trio then committed a second armed robbery in a parking lot at 138th Street and Cicero Avenue in Crestwood before driving north on Cicero Avenue, police said.
The Blue Island officers spotted the suspects’ vehicle on 139th Street and began pursuing it. The collision occurred at 139th and Thornton Road; no other details on what cause the crash were released.
The officers and two of the suspects were transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment of minor injuries and released, police said.
Charges are pending against the three suspects, police said.
Blue Island crash Justin Jackson / Pioneer Press
A Blue Island police officer and two other people are in serious condition after their vehicles appeared to have collided head on.
A Blue Island police officer and two other people are in serious condition after their vehicles appeared to have collided head on.
(Justin Jackson / Pioneer Press)
Frank Vaisvilas is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
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