HPD officer involved in fiery crash in SW Houston
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An HPD officer and four blood bank workers were hospitalized after a major crash involving a Houston police office in southwest Houston.
The crash happened just after 6am on Holmes Road at Fannin.
RAW VIDEO: HPD officer-involved crash in SW Houston
The HPD SUV shows major damage after it apparently burst into flames after getting into a wreck with a Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center van.
The officer was helped from his vehicle then taken to Memorial Hermann with non-life threatening injuries.
The van from the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center had four people in it, they were on their way to set up a blood drive when the accident happened.
Those four blood bank workers were also taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
We do not know if the officer was on a call at the time of the crash.
Debris covered the roadway and several plastic coolers could be seen strewn around the scene.
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