A man was arrested Monday night after he failed to yield to a police vehicle with its light activated and caused a traffic crash in the Avalon Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Shortly before midnight Tuesday, officers were headed west in a squad car with the lights activated in the 8300 block of South Stony Island Avenue when a driver in a silver sedan failed to yield the right of way at an intersection, causing an accident, police said.
Two officers were taken to an area hospital and listed in good condition, police said.
The driver of the sedan was taken into custody, and charges and citations were pending, police said.
