Houston PD officer hospitalized after crash on W Sam Houston Parkway

HOUSTON - Authorities are looking into what caused a crash Thursday night in southwest Houston, where a police officer had to be hospitalized. 

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It happened around 10 p.m. in the 10500 block of W Sam Houston Parkway S. That's where investigators said an officer with Houston PD was heading westbound on the Southwest Fwy feeder road and rear-ended another vehicle. 

(Photo courtesy of OnScene Houston)

(Photo courtesy of OnScene Houston)

Inside the other vehicle, were three people but only the driver and the officer were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The other two occupants in the vehicle were not injured.

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We're told the police officer was not responding to a call and as of this writing, have not disclosed a cause for the crash, but an investigation remains underway.