The officer had stopped to help a motorist when the crash happened.

ST. PETERSBURG – A driver crashed into a St. Pete police cruiser and a disabled car early today (Aug. 20).

Details are sketchy while the Florida Highway Patrol investigates the crash.

St. Petersburg police say the crash happened about 2:30 a.m. when an officer stopped on I-275 near Tampa to help a motorist who had broken down on the road in the northbound lanes. A third vehicle crashed into the cruiser and the disabled car. No one was hurt, but the two other cars, not the cruiser, caught on fire.

For information about the St. Petersburg Police Department, go to police.stpete.org.

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