Miramar police officer, suspect injured during crash in Fort Lauderdale

A Miramar police officer and a suspect were injured during a car crash late Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale.

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According to the Miramar Police Department, the crash happened at about 11 p.m., at Andrews Avenue and Southeast 17th Street.

The police officer was on the way to take a suspect to the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale.

Fire rescue personnel said they took the three people involved -- the officer, the detainee and a second driver -- to Broward Health Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

According to Detective Yessenia Diaz, a spokeswoman for the Miramar Police Department, their condition was stable.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.


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