A Chicago police officer was injured early Wednesday after crashing into a tree in Austin on the West Side.
The officer and a partner were responding to a call around 12:20 a.m. when a car turned left in front of their patrol car in the 700 block of North Lamon Avenue, police said. The officer veered off the road and struck a tree.
The officer was taken to a hospital in good condition, police said. The other officer refused treatment.
