Officers injured after squad car struck in Chicago Lawn

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Charges are pending against a man whose vehicle allegedly rear-ended a Chicago Police squad car — injuring two officers — in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

The officers were in their marked squad car, parked in the 6800 block of South Western, when another vehicle struck it at 1:50 a.m., police said.

They were treated for minor injuries at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and had been released as of Sunday afternoon, police said.

The 56-year-old man driving the other car was treated at Holy Cross Hospital and taken into police custody. Charges were pending against him Sunday afternoon, police said.

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