An Omaha police officer suffered minor injuries after a fire engine struck the driver's side of his cruiser early Friday morning.See more photos from the sceneAccording to authorities, officers and fire crews were on their way to a house fire near 15th Street and Fowler Avenue around 3 a.m.Just before the crash, police said, Officer Anthony Barnes was southbound on 16th Street approaching Carter Boulevard.According to the accident report, Engine 22 was approaching the cruiser from behind with its emergency lights activated. The cruiser turned right onto Carter Boulevard, then pulled directly in front of the fire engine, resulting in a collision.Barnes said he thought the fire truck was going to turn left onto Carter Boulevard, so he made a half U-turn to block off 16th Street and follow the truck east.Since the truck continued southbound, it struck the driver's side of the cruiser.The cruiser then struck a parked Nissan and left the roadway before it struck two chain link fences and came to rest in a yard nearby.Barnes was taken by police cruiser to the Nebraska Medical Center for minor injuries. No one else was hurt.Police said the crash remains under investigation.The accident report indicates dash cam video from the cruiser shows Barnes driving south on 16th Street before turning to the right at Carter Boulevard and then left. Within a second, a loud horn blast is heard immediately before the collision.Damage to the fence and yard where the cruiser ended up is estimated at more than $3,500. An OPPD power pole support wire also sustained about $500 in damage.

An Omaha police officer suffered minor injuries after a fire engine struck the driver's side of his cruiser early Friday morning.

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According to authorities, officers and fire crews were on their way to a house fire near 15th Street and Fowler Avenue around 3 a.m.

Just before the crash, police said, Officer Anthony Barnes was southbound on 16th Street approaching Carter Boulevard.

According to the accident report, Engine 22 was approaching the cruiser from behind with its emergency lights activated. The cruiser turned right onto Carter Boulevard, then pulled directly in front of the fire engine, resulting in a collision.

Barnes said he thought the fire truck was going to turn left onto Carter Boulevard, so he made a half U-turn to block off 16th Street and follow the truck east.

Since the truck continued southbound, it struck the driver's side of the cruiser.

The cruiser then struck a parked Nissan and left the roadway before it struck two chain link fences and came to rest in a yard nearby.

Barnes was taken by police cruiser to the Nebraska Medical Center for minor injuries. No one else was hurt.

Police said the crash remains under investigation.

The accident report indicates dash cam video from the cruiser shows Barnes driving south on 16th Street before turning to the right at Carter Boulevard and then left. Within a second, a loud horn blast is heard immediately before the collision.

Damage to the fence and yard where the cruiser ended up is estimated at more than $3,500. An OPPD power pole support wire also sustained about $500 in damage.