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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville Metro Police officer was involved in a serious crash Tuesday in west Louisville.

Officers were called to an intersection near 30th and Market streets about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday after an LMPD cruiser and a dark sedan collided.

In a release, an LMPD spokesperson said the officer was stopped at a stop sign and moved forward to see past a truck. That's when the front end of the cruiser was hit by a the other car. 

Both the officer and the other driver were transported by ambulance to University Hospital. Both suffered injuries not considered life-threatening. 

The Louisville Fire Department did help extricate the officer from the vehicle after the collision jammed the door. 

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