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2 police officers taken to hospital following accident on I-480 West

I-480 near Warrensville Center Road was closed on Saturday morning due to a crash.

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — Two police officers were taken to the hospital following an accident on I-480 West near Warrensville Center Road on Saturday Morning. 

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Warrensville Police Department officials say that while police and fire were responding to an accident, an uninvolved vehicle lost control and struck a police cruiser as well as an officer outside of his police car. 

As of Saturday afternoon, one of the officers is in stable condition and the other officer was treated and released from the hospital.

The accident shut down the westbound lanes of I-480 near Warrensville Center Road, but they have since reopened.

WATCH: 3News obtained the below video of the incident via a public records request from the Ohio Department of Transportation.

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