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LVMPD: Officer hospitalized after car crashes into traffic stop

The collision happened near West Tropicana Avenue and South Torrey Pines Drive.
Car crashes into traffic stop near Tropicana and Torrey Pines
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — An officer was hospitalized after a car crashed into a traffic stop Thursday afternoon near West Tropicana Avenue and South Torrey Pines Drive.

According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, officers stopped a vehicle for a wanted person at approximately 12:08 p.m.

Shortly after, police say an unrelated vehicle collided with the unmarked police vehicles and the car they had originally stopped.

According to police, the injured officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

LVMPD says the driver remained at the scene, and impairment is not suspected in the collision.