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Crash involving Toronto police cruiser sends 2 to hospital

A police cruiser was involved in a crash around Eglinton Avenue and Markham Road on Oct. 14, 2023. Mark Bray / Global News

A woman has sustained serious injuries in a crash involving a police cruiser in Toronto on Saturday.

Toronto police said the collision took place in the area of Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East around 10:30 a.m.

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A police car was involved in the crash, alongside a white Hyundai, as shown in images from the scene.

Police said the officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries and the driver of the Hyundai was taken to a trauma centre with injuries that were serious but non-life-threatening.

The Special Investigations Unit, which looks into various police-involved incidents, including serious injury, has invoked its mandate to launch a formal investigation.

Roads in the area were closed after the crash.

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