The homeowner told ABC13 her children were in the pool at the time of the crash but unharmed.
A public information officer for the police department told ABC13 that the officer was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries to his leg.
The public information officer said at approximately 5:35 p.m. the officer driving the cruiser attempted to pursue a vehicle that was reportedly driving erratically. According to the department, the officer activated their lights but not their siren. The officer was traveling westbound on White Oak Drive at the same time the driver of a white Land Rover was driving north attempting to cross the intersection of White Oak Drive and Cortlandt Street. The department spokesperson said the police cruiser struck the Land Rover, lost control, smashed through a fence and landed partially in the pool. The driver of the Land Rover was reportedly unharmed.
Senior Captain Ross Emblad of the Houston Fire Department described those involved as "really lucky." He explained, "Where car ended up on the sun ledge, if you're familiar with that it's a real shallow part where people hangout in chairs and stuff and if somebody was sitting there, I mean, the unthinkable could have happened."
Emblad said the Fire Department's HAZMAT team also responded to the incident because the cruiser's gas tank leaked after the crash.
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