Police: Shively officer injured while working TARC bus accident scene

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Shively police officer was injured after responding to a TARC bus accident early Wednesday.

Shively Police Sgt. Patrick Allen said officers responded to an accident on northbound Dixie Highway at San Jose around 6:40 a.m.

Police said a vehicle struck another vehicle, causing it to crash into the bus. The driver of the vehicle that caused the crash left the scene, Allen said in a statement. An officer was at the scene investigating the crash when another driver rear ended the police car.

Allen said the officer was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A passenger on the TARC bus was also complaining of injury, Allen said.

Police are looking for a pickup truck with heavy damage to the passenger side and front end. No further information is available on the truck's description.

Northbound Dixie at Gagel Avenue was closed while police cleared the scene.