Local

Police officer injured in collision with another vehicle in southwest Fresno

A Fresno police officer was taken to the hospital Thursday morning after he was involved in a collision in southwest Fresno.

The crash took place at East Oleander and South Snow avenues about 10:15 a.m.

Capt. Joe Alvarez said the officer was southbound on Snow when he collided with a driver eastbound on Oleander. The department’s Collision Reconstruction Union was sent to the scene to determine how the crash occurred.

The second driver was not injured. Alvarez characterized the injuries to the officer as a “complaint of pain.”

Related Stories from Fresno Bee
JG
Jim Guy
The Fresno Bee
A native of Colorado, Jim Guy studied political science, Latin American politics and Spanish literature at Fresno State University, and advanced Spanish grammar in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Get unlimited digital access
#ReadLocal

Try 1 month for $1

CLAIM OFFER