PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia Police officer was injured in a crash overnight when he swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway.
It happened around 3 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Bryn Mawr and Parkside Avenues in the city’s Wynnefield neighborhood.
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