SEAL BEACH, Calif. – A Seal Beach police officer was injured Friday in a traffic collision while responding to an emergency call.
According to the Seal Beach Police Department, the on-duty officer was responding to an emergency medical call at 12:16 p.m. with lights and sirens activated when the patrol car was struck by another vehicle in the intersection of Seal Beach Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway.
The Orange County Fire Authority took the officer to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the officer was released later in the day, police said. The other motorist involved in the crash was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Both vehicles were towed away from the scene, and the cause of the crash remained under investigation.
Cypress police detectives were handling the investigation, with the assistance of the Los Alamitos Police Department.
