Tampa police cruiser flips over after collision with HART bus

A traffic collision involving public transit and law enforcement vehicles led to temporary hospitalizations, minor injuries, and property damage at a major Tampa intersection.

• •A HART bus driver was cited for failure to obey a traffic control signal following a crash on Saturday morning.
• •The crash occurred at the intersection of North 34th Street and East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
• •Investigators found the HART bus entered the intersection against a red light after moving forward behind an SUV that turned right on red.
• •The bus struck the rear driver-side tire well of a marked Tampa police vehicle that had the right-of-way traveling east.
• •The collision caused the police cruiser to spin, overturn, and subsequently hit a stopped Dodge Charger, pushing it onto the east sidewalk and into a low brick border wall.
• •The police officer was transported to a hospital with head injuries and back pain, and has since been released.
• •Two people aboard the bus were medically evaluated at the scene and released.
• •The driver of the Dodge Charger was treated at the scene for a minor leg injury.
• •Authorities have not publicly released the name of the cited bus driver.