Phoenix officer thrown as SUV crashes into precinct

A Phoenix police officer was injured when an SUV drove through a fence and into a parked squad car at the Mountain View Precinct’s facility yard, throwing the officer from the vehicle. The crash occurred just before 10 p.m. near Maryland Avenue and 20th Street, with the officer taken to a hospital in stable condition. Authorities said the SUV driver is suspected of impairment and that the investigation is ongoing, with no other property damage or injuries reported at the precinct. This incident was one of two law-enforcement crashes in Phoenix that night, as another crash near 19th Avenue and Interstate 17 sent a detention deputy and three inmates to the hospital. Additional details varied slightly across reports, but all described the same core events at the Mountain View Precinct and the ongoing investigation. No charges have been announced yet as investigators piece together what happened.