Motorcyclist involved in police-related crash
Details are still unfolding in the Wednesday night crash involving a motorcyclist and two police cruisers.
Reports say police officers came across a motorcycle that fit the description of a reported bike. The driver lost control as police moved in, and crashed into two cruisers at Cottman Avenue and Erdrick Street around 10 p.m.
The motorcyclist was transported to the hospital with a head injury. It has not been disclosed whether the bike is the same one police were initially searching for.
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