UPDATE: Neighbors react after crash involving Mobile Police vehicle

UPDATE (Nov. 12, 11:30 a.m.): Neighbors and witnesses reacted after the Monday crash involving a Mobile Police Department patrol vehicle sent four people to the hospital with injuries, and News 5 is learning more about those victims’ condition.

John-Michael Thomas lives in the neighborhood where the crash occurred. He shared what he heard and saw outside his window.

“I heard a loud crash, and I didn’t really think much of it until I heard, I guess it was, the EMT, their sirens go off. I saw … that there was an ambulance out here and there was another guy, two cars in a wreck,” said Thomas.

Another neighbor, Colin Twist, said he came home when he saw law enforcement head toward his neighborhood.

“I just pray that they’re okay,” said Twist. “That’s scary…that’s very scary.”

A spokesperson with the police department told News 5 that four people were initially taken to the hospital with injuries after the crash. Today, officials said that the officer was treated and released.

A pet sitter who was called to the crash scene to take a cat in one of the impacted vehicles after the owner was taken to the hospital also provided an update to News 5.

“I’m surprised that the cat is still here, alive,” said pet sitter Tara Haney. “It’s a miracle. I’m nervous about my client, and (making) sure she’s okay.”

The condition of the other people injured in the crash remains unknown.

UPDATE (3 p.m.): More information has been released about a Monday crash that involved a Mobile Police Department vehicle.

According to a Mobile Police Department spokesperson, the crash happened around 11:35 a.m. as an MPD officer was responding to a nearby incident where a felony suspect led officers on a pursuit.

“While en route, the officer’s patrol vehicle was involved in a traffic accident with two other vehicles in the 4100 block of Government Boulevard,” the release said.

The department spokesperson said that four people, including the officer, were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.

The cause of the accident is under investigation, according to police.

UPDATE (1 p.m.): The Mobile Police Department provided more information on what they said led to a Monday afternoon crash involving an MPD patrol vehicle — and News 5 learned about an animal involved in the incident.

According to an MPD supervisor at the scene, an officer was trying to assist with a pursuit when they encountered the other vehicles. The supervisor said the two other vehicles involved in the crash were not involved in the pursuit.

News 5 also learned that, besides people, a cat was in one of the vehicles involved in the crash. The cat’s pet sitter, called to the scene by police, said the cat was not injured, although the carrier was damaged in the crash.

The condition of the cat’s owner, in the hospital, is unknown.

UPDATE (12:30 p.m.): News 5 has learned more about a crash involving a Mobile Police Department vehicle that happened around noon on Monday.

WKRG News 5’s Kathryn Bruch was live at the scene at noon where she showed there was significant damage to the passenger side door of one car after the crash.

The MPD patrol vehicle can be seen with damage to its passenger side as well.

Two people injured in the crash were taken to the hospital, according to officials.

Mobile Fire-Rescue and other MPD officers responded to the crash scene to help clean up. Traffic does not appear to be impacted at this time.

ORIGINAL STORY:

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile Police Department vehicle has been involved in a three-vehicle crash, News 5 has learned.

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According to reports, the crash happened shortly before noon on Monday, Nov. 11, off Government Boulevard between Azalea and Demetropolis.

News 5 crews are at the scene and learned that the crash involved at least three vehicles, including the MPD patrol vehicle. Officials at the scene confirmed that at least two people were injured.

WKRG reached out to the Mobile Police Department for comment, and a spokesperson provided the following statement:

“The crash occurred a short time ago, so I don’t have any specifics just yet. However, I can tell you everyone is out of the vehicles at this time.”

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This is a developing story. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.

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