From the Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM – A community member and two Birmingham police department (BPD) officers are recovering after a truck ran into a BPD patrol vehicle on Thursday, May 25.
At around 4:00 a.m., the Birmingham 911 Communications Division received a call of a patrol vehicle struck on I-59 South near the 19th Street exit. Officers and medical personnel arrived on the scene and discovered that a Ford F150 had collided with a BPD Ford Explorer.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue (BFRS) personnel arrived on the scene and transported the driver of the Ford F-150 to a local area hospital. BFRS transported two BPD officers, who were seated in the patrol vehicle, to a local area hospital. The community member and one officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Another officer suffered serious injuries but is in stable condition.
Two BPD officers were seated in their patrol vehicle blocking traffic on a separate wreck prior to this incident.
The circumstances surrounding the crash are accidental.