A Philadelphia Police van headed to a call collided with a car overnight landing two officers in the hospital and leaving a debris field across a Frankford section road.
The crash closed Frankford Avenue at Sellers Street shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday.
Two police officers suffered what appeared to be nonserious head and back injuries -- one with a broken leg, said police accident investigators.
No other injuries were reported, said police.
The police wagon was responding to a call — it's sirens and lights on — when the westbound vehicle crossing Sellers Street struck the van, said police.
The force of the wreck left the van badly damaged — wedged between two supports for SEPTA’s Market-Frankford El. The front-end of the sedan also suffered extensive damage.
Debris including a wheel and axle that fell off the back end of the police van remained strewed over the roadway.
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Investigators remained on the scene early Sunday as they worked to figure out what led to the crash.
