MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Police Department squad cars were involved in multiple crashes Monday evening.
Watch: Bystanders narrowly missed in MPD squad crashes.
TMJ4 went to two different scenes looking for information.
Our crew went to 11th and Greenfield just before 6 p.m. They saw an MPD cruiser with heavy damage to one side of the vehicle.
People who witnessed the crash shared these pictures with us.
Surveillance video from across the street at Birrieria El Torito shows a chase that turned into a crash.
MPD says that the chase started as a traffic stop on the 2000 block of S. Layton Boulevard. Officers say the driver was a wanted suspect, but that he refused to stop. During the chase, an unmarked squad car and a marked one crashed in the intersection of S. 11th Street and Greenfield Avenues.
Two people standing on the corner jumped out of the way to avoid being hit. Three officers were taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the 34-year-old suspect involved in the chase eventually got out of the vehicle and kept running. The car rolled into a parked, unoccupied vehicle. Police caught up with the and arrested him.
Our crew then went to Sherman and North after 6:30 p.m. for reports of another crash involving an MPD squad car.
They saw at least one MPD cruiser and another car severely damaged. A bus shelter was destroyed.
Police say officers were involved in a chase when the crash happened. Officers say a vehicle pulled into the bike lane to go around to stopped vehicles and pulled into the intersection. The MPD squad car then hit the bus shelter and a fire hydrant.
The officer, a 28-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the vehicle, an 18-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital for non-fatal injuries and then arrested. Her two passengers, a 21-year-old and a 19-year-old were also taken to the hospital for non-fatal injuries.
Charges in that case will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.
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