WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An officer with the West Palm Beach Police Department was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after being involved in a crash.
The wreck happened at about 3 p.m. at the intersection of N. Flagler Drive and 36th Street.
At the time of the crash, police said the officer was "responding to a fire and was traveling northbound on Poinsettia Avenue with lights and sirens activated, when a vehicle heading westbound on 36th Street collided with the officer's vehicle".
The officer involved was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver and passengers of the other vehicle did not report any injuries.
This news comes less than a week after another West Palm Beach officer was hospitalized while responding to an incident. On Friday, April 18, a hit-and-run crash resulted in an officer being taken to a hospital and treated with minor injuries.
