A driver in an SUV T-boned an NYPD squad car that was moving with its lights and sirens on through a Midtown intersection early Thursday, cops said.
The police cruiser was hustling north on Eighth Avenue near West 37th Street, through a red light, around 4 a.m., police said.
The police cruiser had its lights and sirens on as it hurtled through a red light — and was struck by a Toyota SUV. Seth Gottfried
The front end of the Toyota was smashed up in the crash. Seth GottfriedAt that point, a white Toyota SUV — which had a green light — entered the intersection and T-boned the police car, authorities said.
Two officers and the Toyota driver, a man in his 60s, were hospitalized with minor injuries, cops said.
Two officers and the Toyota driver were hospitalized with minor injuries. Seth GottfriedPhotos show a door of the squad car, and the front end of the Toyota, heavily smashed up from the crash.
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