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Police car struck by dirt bike, injuring officer

The collision happened while officers were making an arrest near Broad and Spring Garden Streets.

A dirt bike in the median on North Broad Street. Police said it struck a police car and injured an officer.
A dirt bike in the median on North Broad Street. Police said it struck a police car and injured an officer.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer

A Philadelphia police officer was injured when his vehicle was hit by a dirt bike Saturday afternoon while he was making an arrest on Broad Street near Spring Garden.

At about 4:30 p.m., a sergeant and two police officers assigned to the civil affairs unit were sitting at a red light in an unmarked black Chevrolet Malibu when they were rear-ended by a dirt bike.

The injured police officer was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was expected to be treated and released.