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Head-On Crash on Central Coast Involving Police Car Injures Officer, Suspect

Photo by Santa Barbara County Fire Department

A police officer and a man in custody have been injured after being involved in a head-on collision overnight on the Central Coast.

It happened in Santa Maria on Highway 1 about a mile south of Brown Road just after 2 am Sunday. Santa Barbara County Fire officials say a Guadalupe Police patrol car collided head-on with a pickup truck.

The officer and the man in custody sustained minor injuries and were transported to a hospital. The driver of the pickup was not injured.

The accident caused substantial damage to both vehicles and shut down the roadway for some time.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash.