Two officers injured after their police cars collide in Southwest Miami-Dade

A Miami-Dade Police police officer driving a marked patrol car collided with a Biscayne Park police officer, also in a marked car, Thursday night in Southwest Miami-Dade, according to police.

The accident happened at about 7:30 p.m. at Southwest 152 Street and Southwest 137 Avenue.

According to Miami-Dade police, the Miami-Dade police officer was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Southwest 152nd Avenue with his lights and sirens on. Meanwhile, an off-duty Biscayne Park officer was traveling westbound in the westbound lanes and attempted to make a left turn into a shopping plaza when the cars collided, police said.

The Biscayne Park car crashed into three stopped cars and the Miami-Dade car ended up crashing into an unoccupied car in the shopping plaza parking lot.

The Miami-Dade officer was taken to Baptist Hospital West and the Biscayne Park officer was taken to Kendall Regional Trauma.

No other injuries were reported.

This story was originally published July 30, 2015 at 10:31 PM with the headline "Two officers injured after their police cars collide in Southwest Miami-Dade."