Justice · St. Cloud collisionSt. Cloud squad crash injures two officers responding to emergencyAired October 21, 2026 at 10:50 AM UTCWritten October 21, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Two police squad cars collided while their officers were answering an emergency0:11call.0:11Both officers needed hospital care, and the crash temporarily closed an0:15intersection.0:16What caused the two emergency response vehicles to collide is still unresolved.0:20The collision happened at 12th Avenue South and Highway 23 in St.0:23Cloud, Minnesota.0:24Police put the crash at 5.44 p.m.0:27on October 20th.0:28The officers were responding to an emergency on the city's south side.0:32The two officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries.0:35Both were driving squad cars involved in the collision.0:38The Minnesota State Patrol says airbags deployed in both vehicles, and both drivers0:42were wearing seatbelts.0:43One officer was already driving westbound on 1st Street South, the state patrol0:47says.0:47The other turned from 12th Avenue South onto westbound 1st Street South.0:52The squads collided as those movements brought them together.0:54Police haven't announced who, if anyone, was at fault.0:57The vehicle movements describe how the squads came together, but the cause still1:01needs to be determined.1:02Mayo Clinic Ambulance took both officers to CentraCare St.1:06Cloud Hospital.1:07By early Wednesday, there was no further update on their recovery or whether they'd1:11been discharged.1:12Their injuries were described as non-life-threatening.1:15The crash closed the intersection for investigation and cleanup.1:18That work temporarily interrupted traffic at 12th Avenue South and Highway 23.1:23By early Wednesday, October 21st, the intersection had reopened.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗