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CALGARY- Traffic had to be detoured in the downtown core during the Friday evening rush hour, after a police vehicle was t-boned in an intersection.

The crash happened around 5 p.m. at Macleod Trail and 5 Avenue.

Police say the police cruiser had its emergency lights on and was travelling through the intersection when it was hit by another vehicle, an SUV driven by a woman.

The jaws of life had to be brought in to get the officer out of the vehicle, but he is said to be alert and speaking.

The officer was the lone occupant in the cruiser, as was the woman in the SUV. Both were transported to hospital in stable and non-life threatening condition.

An investigation is underway and traffic in the area is expected to be impacted.

