MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A Miami-Dade police officer was injured in a crash Thursday morning.
The crash happened at the intersection of Okeechobee Road and Northwest 138th Street.
Detective Marjorie Eloi said the officer was traveling south on Okeechobee Road when a Toyota Corolla attempted to turn onto Northwest 138th Street and struck the police cruiser, sending it into a concrete wall.
The officer, identified as James Boone, 47, was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center, but his injuries were not considered life-threatening.
Authorities believe he may have suffered a broken clavicle.
A K-9 was in the police cruiser at the time of the crash. The dog wasn't injured but was taken to an animal hospital as a precaution.
Boone is a 23-year veteran of the Miami-Dade Police Department.
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