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Crash near downtown involving LVMPD vehicle sends two officers to hospital

Crash near downtown involving LVMPD vehicle sends two officers to hospital
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Two police officers were sent to the hospital after a Thursday morning crash near downtown.

It happened around 7:45 a.m. in the area of Cedar Avenue and North 19th Street, off Eastern Avenue and I-11, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

The crash involved two vehicles, one of which was an LVMPD patrol vehicle, authorities said.

The two officers were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the driver of the citizen vehicle stayed at the scene.

This is an ongoing investigation.