3 police officers injured in N. Phila. crash

Three undercover police officers were injured, one critically, after their unmarked vehicle crashed into another car in North Philadelphia.

Details are sketchy, but at 2:36 p.m. the cars crashed near 18th St. and Windrim Ave. in the city's Logan section. The officers' vehicle then crashed into a pole, police said.

Officer Ray Hein, critical after suffering head trauma and a broken leg, was rushed to Albert Einstein Medical Center. He is expected to make a full recovery said Dep. Commissioner Wright. Another officer is in guarded condition with a broken leg, the third is stable. They were expected to be released from the hospital tonight.

The operator of the other car was also taken to Einstein with non-life threatening injuries.

Officer Hein, 40, is a 12-year veteran of the police force, a spokeswoman said.

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