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2 Titusville police officers hurt in crash while responding to active call

Titusville police officers hurt in crash FILE IMAGE: Titusville Police Department patrol car

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Two Titusville police officers were hurt Monday morning in a traffic crash.

It happened shortly before 9 a.m. along Hopkins Avenue near Acorn Drive.

The Titusville Police Department said the officers were responding to an “armed gun call” at the time of the crash.

Channel 9 has learned that call involved an some type of altercation between two women in the parking lot of a business plaza along South Hopkins Avenue.

Police said one of those women had a gun.

The department said one officer responding to the scene made a U-turn to pursue a suspect and that’s when her cruiser collided with another responding officer’s patrol car.

One officer was flown to a Holmes Regional trauma center and the other was taken by ambulance to Parrish Medical Center.

At last report, the suspect in the case remained at large.

Officials said they will provide more details about the incident as they become available.

Meantime, they ask that motorists avoid South Hopkins Avenue between Birch Street and Pritchard Street while they investigate the crash.

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