Houston police officer concerned in crash with different automobile lands in swimming pool in The Heights, HPD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police say an officer was concerned in a crash, and the officer’s squad automotive wound up in a pool as kids had been swimming.

Police say that the crash occurred on White Oak Boulevard in The Heights on Sunday.

ABC13 confirmed with each eyewitnesses and the Houston Fire Department that the police officer was concerned in a crash with a white Range Rover previous to the incident.

ABC13 spoke with the proprietor of the white Range Rover. He mentioned his spouse was driving by way of the intersection of White Oak Drive and Cortlandt Street when the HPD officer “clipped” the automobile. He mentioned this triggered the officer to lose management of the cruiser, smash by way of a fence, and land partially within the pool.

The girl who owns the house informed ABC13 her kids had been within the pool on the time of the crash. She mentioned they’re unhurt.

Senior Captain Ross Elmblade of the Houston Fire Department mentioned to his information the cruiser and the Range Rover had been the one two autos concerned within the collision.

The Houston Police Department declined an on-camera interview. However, a public data officer informed ABC13 over the cellphone that the police cruiser was struck by a automobile, inflicting the officer to lose management and land within the pool. When ABC13 introduced the Range Rover proprietor’s model of occasions, the officer mentioned who hit who first is underneath investigation.

Elmblade mentioned the officer was the one individual injured within the occasion. They had been transported to the hospital with an ankle damage. He described these concerned as “really lucky.” He defined, “Where car ended up on the sun ledge, if you’re familiar with that it’s a real shallow part where people hangout in chairs and stuff and if somebody was sitting there, I mean, the unthinkable could have happened.”

The Fire Department’s HAZMAT staff additionally responded to the incident. Elmblade mentioned the cruiser’s fuel tank leaked after the crash.

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