DeKalb County police officer hospitalized after crash with SUV on Glenwood Road in Decatur, Georgia

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - DeKalb County police say an officer has been hospitalized after a crash in Decatur. Steve Fore said in an email that a passenger vehicle pulled in front of the officer's cruiser and the officer swerved to try avoiding it. Fore says the officer who was involved in the crash has been pulled from the wrecked cruiser and is being taken to a local hospital. Fore says the officer suffered moderate injuries and the driver who pulled in front of the cruiser is charged with failure to yield. Footage from local television stations showed the mangled patrol cruiser pinned between the back of a heavily damaged SUV and a telephone pole.

Police are at the scene of a crash involving an officer on Glenwood Road near Columbia Drive.SKYFOX 5 flew over the scene shortly after 4:30 p.m. and saw rescue workers pulling the officer from the cruiser that was on its side.The officer's condition was not immediately known, but will be transferred to an area hospital for treatment according to a police spokesperson

The accident occurred on Glenwood Road at Columbia Drive, which is just west of I-285. According to a spokesperson with DeKalb County, a vehicle pulled in front of the officer, which is when the officer swerved to try and avoid the vehicle.