Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Patrol Cars Collide En Route to Burglary Call in Cerritos
The accident occurred as several sheriff's deputies were responding to a call of a possible "burglary in progress."
Editor's Note: The deputies suffered minor injuries, crash details added.
Two sheriff's deputies suffered minor injuries when their patrol cars collided en route to a report of a possible "burglary in progress," in Cerritos early Monday.
The accident near Norwalk Boulevard and 195th Street took place about 7:30 a.m. March 4, said Lt. Allen Castellano of the Cerritos Sheriff's Station.
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A Cerritos sheriff's unit was trailing behind a Lakewood sheriff's unit when the two vehicles approached the intersection and the deputy in front slowed down. The Cerritos deputy then inadvertently rear-ended the Lakewood unit, Castellano said.
The deputies suffered minor injuries and were being examined at a hospital for precautionary reasons, he added.
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Several sheriff's deputies responded to the scene, according to witness reports.
The lieutenant said that the burglary call the units were responding to did not pan out and no break-in took place.
The Lakewood Sheriff's Station is contracted by the city of Artesia, which borders Cerritos. Lakewood deputies also serve the communities of Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, Paramount and Bellflower.
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