1 person in critical condition after crash with Columbus police cruiser in NE Columbus

One person is in critical condition and a Columbus police officer was injured following a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on the city's Northeast Side.

Columbus 911 dispatchers said they received a call regarding a two-vehicle collision at 2:53 p.m. at the intersection of Joyce Avenue and East 5th Avenue in the Devon Triangle neighborhood. According to a police news release, a 2017 Kia Sorento was traveling eastbound on 5th Avenue when it turned left onto Joyce Avenue. As it was turning, a Columbus police cruiser entered the intersection traveling westbound and struck the Kia.

The driver of the Kia was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in critical condition, while a Columbus police officer was also transported to Grant in stable condition.

This is the second vehicle collision this week involving a Columbus police cruiser. Two Columbus police officers were temporarily knocked unconscious after a Columbus man driving a Lincoln MKC drove the wrong way on a one-way street on the city's South Side and hit their police cruiser. After trying to flee the scene of the crash, he was apprehended shortly after and charged with aggravated assault and will more than likely face more charges.

smeighan@dispatch.com

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