Two CHP officers involved in traffic collision
A California Highway Patrol Officer was hospitalized Thursday morning following a collision in Indio
It happened at approximately 5:30 a.m. along the side of Interstate 10 eastbound just west of Monroe Street.
A statement says Nidia Figuroa-Hernandez, 39, of Chandler Arizona made an unsafe turn into a stopped CHP patrol unit parked on the roadside. Two officers were in the car at the time.
Figuroa-Hernandez was driving a 2008 Pontiac G6. She and an officer were both hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries.
Another officer was not hurt.
The CHP says all parties were wearing seatbelts at the time, and neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to have been involved.
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