Three CHP officers injured when SUV slams into their cruiser, sparking fiery wreck on 105 Freeway

The eastbound 105 Freeway was closed for a number of hours after the crash. All three officers had been taken to the hospital, one with severe accidents.

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Three California Freeway Patrol officers had been injured Thursday morning when an SUV crashed right into a cruiser on the 105 Freeway in Downey, leaving each automobiles engulfed in flames.

The incident befell simply earlier than 1:30 a.m. within the eastbound lanes of the 105 Freeway, forcing closure of this part of the freeway for a number of hours, in accordance with the CHP.

CHP officers had been responding to a separate crash on the freeway close to Lakewood Boulevard when the SUV plowed into their cruiser, in accordance with KTLA-5 .

CHP Officer Kevin Tao informed the TV information station that two officers had been within the cruiser through the collision and one other officer was standing outdoors the automobile. The 2 officers contained in the automobile suffered average accidents, however the third officer had severe accidents. All three had been taken to a hospital.

The SUV was touring at excessive pace when it crashed into the cruiser, in accordance with witnesses. The driving force was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI, reported KTLA.