The Associated Press
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- An on-duty Peoria police officer has been killed after a squad car hit a utility pole.
Cristy Tindall, 33, died in the crash, which happened Thursday night around 9:30 p.m., said Peoria County Deputy Coroner Johnna Ingersoll. Tindall was a ten-year department veteran.
Tindall was one of two officers in the squad car, police spokeswoman Ann Ruggles said. The other officer, whose name has not been released, was taken to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria for treatment.
The accident occurred north of downtown, at Adams Street and VanBuren Street, about ten minutes after a call for backup regarding a suspicious person, Ruggles said.
Peoria police were investigating the accident, she said