Tampa, FL – Two Tampa police officers and a suspect were hospitalized Monday after being struck by a patrol vehicle during an arrest connected to a narcotics investigation.<\/p>\n
According to the Tampa Police Department, the incident occurred October 12th in the 2300 block of East Busch Avenue.<\/p>\n
Officers assigned to the department’s Opioid Task Force were attempting to serve an arrest warrant when the suspect allegedly fled on foot.<\/p>\n
Police said officers ordered the individual to get on the ground before attempting to take him into custody.<\/p>\n
While two officers were on the ground arresting the suspect, another officer arrived at the location in a marked patrol vehicle.<\/p>\n
According to preliminary information released by police, the responding officer entered the parking lot and unintentionally struck both officers and the suspect.<\/p>\n
Emergency personnel transported all three individuals to a nearby hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
The Tampa Police Department confirmed that their injuries were not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n
Authorities have not released the identities of the injured officers, the suspect or the officer driving the patrol vehicle.<\/p>\n
Police also have not disclosed the specific criminal allegations associated with the arrest warrant.<\/p>\n
Investigators are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the collision to determine how the patrol vehicle struck the three individuals.<\/p>\n
The department has not announced whether the responding officer will face disciplinary action or whether additional measures will be taken following the incident.<\/p>\n
The investigation remains ongoing, and police have not provided further information regarding the suspect’s arrest or the condition of those injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa, FL – Two Tampa police officers and a suspect were hospitalized Monday after being struck by a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[692,23326,24928,2795,1224,15618,41491,8181,285,135,137,136,3793],"class_list":["post-428309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-arrest","tag-individual","tag-individuals","tag-injuries","tag-officer","tag-patrol-car","tag-patrol-vehicle","tag-police-officers","tag-suspect","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}