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VTA Light Rail Hits San Jose Police Patrol Car, Injures Officer

The officer is hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after the Saturday collision, according to police

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A San Jose officer is in the hospital after a VTA light rail hit his patrol car Saturday at around 10:50 p.m. on Alum Rock and N. Capitol Avenues, according to police. 

The officer was trapped in his car after the collision, and the San Jose Fire department had to extract him before they could transport him to the hospital. 

Police told NBC Bay Area Sunday morning the officer suffered non life-threatening injuries.

In a statement, a VTA spokesperson said, "it seems like the vehicle involved made a left turn when the train was moving."

The statement added there were five passengers aboard the train at the time of the collision.

An investigation into the collision is underway.

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