DENVER — Two police officers were hurt in a crash in Denver on Saturday night while responding to a quadruple shooting, according to the Denver Police Department (DPD).
DPD said the crash in the area of Dahlia Street and East Stapleton Drive North happened just before 10 p.m.
The officers' vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer, according to police. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured and stayed on scene, police said.
The officers were both taken to the hospital with injuries that were considered serious but not life-threatening, DPD said.
The crash happened two minutes after a shooting near East 22nd Avenue and Quebec Street where four people were hurt, police said. The officers were responding to that shooting, DPD said.
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