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Tampa Officer Hospitalized After Patrol Car Collides With HART Bus, Sedan
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
5
First seen
Oct 24, 11:14 AM EDT
updated Oct 27, 11:21 AM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFLA (NBC 8), Tampa city and 3 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A HART bus driver was cited in a 3-vehicle crash that injured a Tampa police officer and left a police cruiser flipped over, WTSP and WTVT reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (5), version 5, Oct 27, 11:42 AM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- HART bus driver cited in 3-vehicle crash that injured Tampa police officer · WTSP
- HART bus driver cited in crash that injured Tampa cop · Tampa Bay Times
- HART bus driver cited after Tampa police cruiser flips over in crash: TPD · WTVT
- HART bus driver cited for crashing into Tampa police cruiser · WFLA (NBC 8)
- Tampa Police Investigate Traffic Crash Involving Police Vehicle · Tampa city
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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