CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Editor's note: This story originally stated the crash involved a pedestrian.
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer was taken to the hospital after his cruiser was hit by another vehicle on Freedom Drive in west Charlotte Monday morning, police said.
Emergency crews responded to a crash on Freedom Drive near Forest Lawn Cemetery around 6 a.m. The officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to CMPD.
The road reopened shortly after 7 a.m. At one point, crews closed all lanes of Freedom Drive while the crash was investigated and the scene was cleared.
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