MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. ā A Miami Gardens police officer and another driver were injured in a car crash Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed.
The two-vehicle crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. in the area of Northwest 199th Street and Northwest 44th Avenue.
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According to authorities, the officer was driving in a marked Ford Explorer traveling westbound on Northwest 199th Street when the driver of a silver Chevy Malibu merged onto Northwest 199th Street from Northwest 44th Avenue and collided with the officerās vehicle.
Police said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue airlifted the officer to a hospital, and the driver of the Malibu was also transported to a nearby hospital.
The circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation.
No other details were immediately released.