2 Phoenix PD officers hurt in early-morning collision, impairment suspected

PHOENIX — Two Phoenix police officers were hospitalized for a collision that occurred early Saturday morning, authorities said.

The officers were traveling in a fully marked city vehicle for a service call when the collision happened near 35th Avenue and Bethany Home Road around 4:30 a.m.

The city vehicle was headed south when a sedan traveling north collided with it.

Both officers as well as the driver of the sedan were hospitalized as a precaution.

Impairment is suspected to be a factor in the collision.

No other information was available in the ongoing investigation.

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