Patrol car involved in head-on crash in South Seattle

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SEATTLE — Seattle police are investigating an officer-involved collision that occurred Thursday morning in South Seattle.

According to a preliminary police investigation, at 5:48 a.m., an officer in a marked patrol car was heading north on Swift Avenue South.

Just north of South Mars Street, a man was heading southbound in his silver four-door sedan when he crossed the centerline and hit the officer head-on, according to investigators.

The officer was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. The other driver was evaluated and treated at the scene.

No one other than the drivers was in the cars.

Both cars had to be towed from the scene.