Car collides with LAPD vehicle responding to call for backup near Canoga Park-Winnetka border

Car collides with LAPD vehicle responding to call for backup near Canoga Park-Winnetka border

by Eric Licas

A car collided with a marked police vehicle that had its lights and sirens running near the border of Canoga Park and Winnetka in the West San Fernando Valley on Sunday, Sept. 22.

The crash happened at about 10 a.m., near the intersection of DeSoto Avenue and Vanowen Street, Los Angeles Police Sgt. Eric Eppolito said. An LAPD supervisor was driving alone and responding to a request for backup when the department’s vehicle was struck.

The patrol car’s passenger side was smashed inward, and its side view mirror dangled from a damaged front door in a photo posted by the LAPD on Twitter. Officials called the incident “a good reminder to slow down & look out for emergency vehicles,” in their post.

This morning an @LAPDTopanga unit was responding Code 3 (lights & sirens) when their vehicle was struck. The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. A good reminder to slow down & look out for emergency vehicles. pic.twitter.com/aNV0mmc8WD

— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) September 22, 2019

No serious injuries were reported by the officer or the occupants of the other vehicle involved in the crash, Eppolito said. The LAPD supervisor was examined at a hospital Sunday morning, but has since been released.

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