
Tampa police officer injured in crash involving HART bus, another vehicle
By Katherine Langford
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay
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A Tampa police cruiser overturned Saturday morning after colliding with a transit bus and a car at an East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard intersection, sending an officer and two bus riders to the hospital, according to the Tampa Police Department. Crash flips Tampa cruiserPolice say the wreck happened around 9 a.m. on Saturday at North 34th Street and East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Officials say a police patrol vehicle was traveling eastbound on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard while a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit bus headed south on North 34th Street.According to police, a 2017 white Dodge Charger sat parked in the northbound lanes of North 34th Street as the other two vehicles entered the intersection. All three crashed, causing the police car to flip onto its roof, according to officials. Officer and passengers hurtTPD stated the patrol officer, a 12-year veteran of the police force, was the only person inside the cruiser. Officials said the officer was taken to