2 Chicago Police officers among 6 hurt in Belmont Central crash

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Two Chicago Police officers and four other people were injured in a crash involving a police vehicle Saturday morning in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

The crash, which involved multiple vehicles including a CPD vehicle, happened at 10:38 a.m. in the 5600 block of West Belmont, according to Chicago Police and Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Walter Schroeder.

Two police officers were taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center after the crash, one of them in fair-to-serious condition and the other in good condition, Schroeder said.

Four other people were taken to Community First Medical Center, according to Schroeder. Two of them were in fair-to-serious condition and the other two were in good condition. Their ages and genders were not immediately known.

Authorities did not immediately provide further details about the circumstances of the crash.

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