A Chula Vista police officer was hospitalized early Sunday morning after a speeding driver suspected of being under the influence ran a red light and slammed into the officer\u2019s patrol vehicle, according to the Chula Vista Police Department.<\/p>\n
The crash happened around 1:56 a.m. at the intersection of Olympic Parkway and Santa Venetia Street in the Otay Ranch Village neighborhood. Police say a white four\u2011door sedan was traveling westbound on Olympic Parkway at a high rate of speed when the driver drove through a solid red light and struck the marked patrol car from behind.<\/p>\n
The impact pushed the officer\u2019s vehicle off the roadway and into an embankment.<\/p>\n
Firefighters arrived with a full rescue response, including a search\u2011and\u2011rescue vehicle, two engines, a truck, and a battalion chief. Crews used multiple tools to extricate both the officer and a passenger trapped in the sedan.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirefighters did a great job extricating the patient with all the knowledge, skills and ability they have,\u201d said Chula Vista Fire Department battalion chief, Richard Brocchini.<\/p>\n
The officer and the two occupants of the sedan were taken to a nearby trauma center with non\u2011life\u2011threatening injuries. Police say the officer is expected to recover.<\/p>\n
Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the crash, and the driver of the sedan was arrested on suspicion of DUI. The Chula Vista Police Department\u2019s Traffic Division is handling the investigation.<\/p>\n
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has additional information is asked to contact the Chula Vista Police Department Traffic Bureau or San Diego County Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n
This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC San Diego. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC San Diego journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Chula Vista police officer was hospitalized early Sunday morning after a speeding driver suspected of being under…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,16214,3549,3550,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-787126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-chula-vista","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-county","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116551838352094140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}