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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
An officer, driving a marked TPD vehicle, was headed home from working Veteran\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Moments later, a vehicle traveling in front of the marked TPD vehicle \u201cblatantly ran a red light and almost caused an accident,\u201d the press release wrote.<\/p>\n
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As a result, \u201cthe officer turned on his emergency lights and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the violator,\u201d TPD said.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Both vehicles were disabled, per the police department.<\/p>\n
Both drivers declined transportation to the hospital.<\/p>\n
This is an ongoing investigation. <\/p>\n
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