Two people, including a Chicago police officer, were hospitalized after a crash in Garfield Ridge Thursday afternoon, according to police.<\/p>\n
An officer in an unmarked squad car was traveling southbound in the 6400 block of West Archer Avenue at 4:39 p.m. when the vehicle was struck near a parking lot by a 38-year-old man driving a sedan, police said.<\/p>\n
The officer was taken to a nearby hospital in fair condition with a neck injury.<\/p>\n
A passenger in the sedan, a 36-year-old woman, was taken to MacNeal Hospital in fair condition with right arm and leg injuries, police said. The driver of the sedan declined medical attention.<\/p>\n
No citations were issued.<\/p>\n
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