SAN DIEGO \u2014 An investigation is underway after a San Diego Police Department officer was hurt in a crash overnight involving a driver who was involved in a prior crash.<\/p>\n
The crash happened just before midnight on Tuesday near 16th and C streets.<\/p>\n
A police sergeant at the scene confirmed to KGTV that the incident occurred after an officer attempted to make contact with the driver of a Chevy Malibu following a crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The driver reportedly sped off, leading the officer to pursue the vehicle.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Malibu began driving the wrong way on the roadway at 16th and C streets, leading the officer to call off the pursuit.<\/p>\n
Another responding patrol vehicle was then reportedly struck by the Malibu, causing the police vehicle to roll once.<\/p>\n
The officer suffered minor injuries in the crash.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Malibu, only identified as a woman, also suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Officials believe the driver of the Malibu may have been driving under the influence.<\/p>\n
The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO \u2014 An investigation is underway after a San Diego Police Department officer was hurt in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-451175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}