2 officers injured in suspected DUI crash in West Philadelphia

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Monday, March 7, 2016
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Two police officers are in the hospital after a suspected DUI crash in West Philadelphia.

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two police officers are in the hospital after a suspected DUI crash in West Philadelphia.

It happened around 4:30 a.m. Sunday on the 100 block of South 52nd Street.

Police say the driver of a Lincoln Navigator rear-ended a parked police wagon.

The impact sent the police wagon into a nearby patrol car.

Two officers in the wagon and the driver of the Lincoln were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries.

Police say they found what appears to be drugs in the Lincoln Navigator that hit the patrol wagon.

The driver faces DUI charges.

Meanwhile, six people were injured in a second possible DUI crash in the Logan section of Philadelphia.