TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A marked Tallahassee Police Department vehicle collided with a vehicle Tuesday afternoon while attempting to conduct a traffic stop, according to the police department.
The incident unfolded just after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on North Monroe Street near the Interstate-10 exit ramp, TPD wrote in a press release Wednesday morning.
An officer, driving a marked TPD vehicle, was headed home from working Veteran’s Day events when he was traveling north on Monroe Street, approaching the westbound off-ramp of I-10, police said. The police department did not identify the officer in its press release.
Moments later, a vehicle traveling in front of the marked TPD vehicle “blatantly ran a red light and almost caused an accident,” the press release wrote.
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As a result, “the officer turned on his emergency lights and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the violator,” TPD said.
However, as the officer entered the intersection, police said he collided with a vehicle that was turning south onto Monroe Street from the westbound I-10 off-ramp.
Both vehicles were disabled, per the police department.
Both drivers declined transportation to the hospital.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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