Toronto police say two of its officers were hurt Thursday after colliding with a vehicle reportedly fleeing from a crime scene.
Police said its officers were responding to a call for someone breaking into a parked vehicle near Islington Avenue and Elmhurst Drive around 2:29 a.m. when the incident unfolded.
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As officers were investigating, they saw two vehicles fleeing the area and one of the vehicles collided with a police cruiser, the force said in a post on X.
Two officers were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle was arrested and taken to hospital.
Toronto paramedics said it took one man to a trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers briefly pursued the second vehicle, but that vehicle fled the area and remains outstanding, police added.
An investigation is underway.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
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