Police vehicle involved in crash while responding to break-in in Sacramento

Police vehicle involved in crash while responding to break-in in Sacramento

Updated: 7:42 AM PDT Sep 20, 2022

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WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. DEIRDRE: THAT BREAKING NEWS INVOLVES A CRASH THAT ALSO INVOLVES A SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICER. TEO: WE WANT TO GO LIVE OUTSIDE IN A MOMENT. IT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 NEAR POWER INN ROAD. MIKE TESELLE JOINS US LIVE WITH AN UPDATE. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? MIKE: WE ARE LIVE ALONG FOLSOM BOULEVARD WHICH FOR THE LAST 90 MINUTES WAS CLOSED BUT I WILL STEP OUT OF THE WAY AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS CLEARLY OPENED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AS HEADLIGHTS ARE COMING TOWARDS US THIS MORNING. YOU WILL SEE A TOW TRUCK AND FLASHING LIGHTS COMING IN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT TOW TRUCK WILL BE PICKING UP THE SACRAMENTO POLICE VEHICLE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. IF I COULD SHOW YOU VIDEO FROM MOMENTS AGO, HE FOR THEY REOPENED THE ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF A BUSINESS COMPLEX AREA AT 80 TO 80 FOLSOM BOULEVARD AND THAT IS WHERE SACRAMENTO POLICE WERE RESPONDING, ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, TO A REPORT OF A BREAK IN AT SANDY’S IMPORTS, A MEXICAN CANDY STORE, WHILE THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THAT. ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH A BLACK SEDAN. WE HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION FROM THE SACRAMENT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT ON ANY OF THIS AND AS TO THE CONDITIONS OF EITHER OF THE DRIVERS, I DID ASK ONE OF THE OFFICERS OUT HERE, IF EVERYONE WAS OK, AND HIS RESPONSE WAS YES. THIS DID SHUTDOWN FOLSOM BOULEVARD OF BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES. IF WE CAN COME OUT HERE LIVE, WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS THEY WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THAT SACRAMENTO POLICE SUV OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THERE IS A TOW TRUCK HERE ON SCENE ABOUT TO MOVE THAT VEHICLE. ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE, OBVIOUSLY TALKING TO THE OWNER OF SANDY’S IMPORTS, THERE IS THE INVESTIGATION. THAT BREAKING, IT DOES APPEAR THEY HAD SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, IT DOES APPEAR THEY AT LEAST SAW WHO TRY TO BREAK IN BUT ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THE STORE, THAT INDIVIDUAL GOT AWAY BEFORE SAC POLICE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND FOR THAT INVESTIGATION WHICH LED AND TRIGGERED THAT AUTOMOTIVE ACCIDENT. STILL WAITING FOR THE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFER OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF DETAILS BUT THAT IS THE LATEST AS WE KNOW IT FROM THE WITNESSES ON SCENE AND WOULD WE HAVE SEEN DIRECTLY WITH OUR OWN EYES. THE GOOD NEWS WERE COMMUTERS IS IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS MORNING, LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, RIGHT NOW MULTIPLE — THE BOULEVARD IS REOPENED AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A WAY AROUND THIS AT THIS TIME. LIVE ALONG FULL SOME BOU

Police vehicle involved in crash while responding to break-in in Sacramento

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Updated: 7:42 AM PDT Sep 20, 2022

An officer was involved in a crash while they were responding to reports of a break-in at a store in Sacramento early Tuesday morning. The crash happened around 4:30 am in the area of ​​Folsom Boulevard and Power Inn Road, police said. According to the owner of Sandy’s Imports, police were responding to their report of a smashed door at the store. During that time, the officer responding and a black car collided into each other. No one was injured in the crash and no arrests were made, police confirmed. The collision did shut down Folsom Boulevard for about 90 minutes, but the roadway was reopened by 6 am

An officer was involved in a crash while they were responding to reports of a break-in at a store in Sacramento early Tuesday morning.

The crash happened around 4:30 am in the area of ​​Folsom Boulevard and Power Inn Road, police said.

According to the owner of Sandy’s Imports, police were responding to their report of a smashed door at the store. During that time, the officer responding and a black car collided into each other.

No one was injured in the crash and no arrests were made, police confirmed.

The collision did shut down Folsom Boulevard for about 90 minutes, but the roadway was reopened by 6 am

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