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Police Officer, Bicyclist Injured in Logan Square Crash

By Paul Biasco | December 18, 2015 9:52am
 A police officer and bicyclist were injured in a collision on Logan Boulevard Friday morning.
A police officer and bicyclist were injured in a collision on Logan Boulevard Friday morning.
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LOGAN SQUARE — A police officer and a cyclist were both injured in a crash at a Logan Boulevard intersection Friday morning, officials said.

A squad car with its lights and sirens activated was headed north along Sacramento Avenue when a second vehicle T-boned the police car at the intersection of Logan Boulevard about 7:30 a.m., Chicago Police said.

The impact of the collision forced the squad car to hit a 27-year-old man on a bike who was riding southbound on Sacramento, according to Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago police spokeswoman.

Both the male police officer and the cyclist were taken to Masonic Medical Center.

The police officer was in stable condition, according to Sedevic.

The condition of the bicyclist was unknown as of Friday morning, police said.

The 54-year-old man who was driving the vehicle that struck the squad car at the intersection refused medical treatment.

No further information was available as police continued to investigate the crash Friday morning.

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