MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee police officer is recovering after being injured in a car crash early Saturday morning.
It happened around 3:50 a.m. near 27th Street and West Wells Street.
The police department says the officer was in his squad cruiser when it was rear-ended by a vehicle being driven by a 19-year-old man.
That man was taken into custody in connection with the crash.
The officer, a 31-year-old man with more than five years of service, was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
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— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) June 19, 2021