A Chicago Police officerwashospitalizedfollowing a crash with a stolen vehicle Saturday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood.
An officer tried to conduct a traffic stop on a male in a stolen vehicle at 4:12 p.m. in the 6800 block of South Jeffery when the vehicle took off, police said.
The stolen vehicle crashed into two other vehicles and a marked squad car before the driver was taken into custody about 4:25 p.m. near 71st Street and Chappel Avenue, police said.
Theofficer and aperson in one of the other vehicles the stolen vehicle struck were taken Jackson Park Hospital for treatment ofminor injuries and released.
Police said charges were pending.
