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Investigation underway in OPP cruiser and vehicle collision

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OPP cruiser involved in Collingwood collision Police are investigating after an OPP cruiser was involved in a collision in a Collingwood intersection.

A busy area in Collingwood was closed to traffic after a two-vehicle collision involving an OPP cruiser on Thursday afternoon.

Police say the officer was headed to a service call around 2:45 p.m. in a fully-marked OPP cruiser when the collision happened with a civilian vehicle at the intersection of Peel Street and Hume Street.

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Both the officer and the driver of the second vehicle were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. Both have since been released.

The intersection was closed until around 10 p.m. for the investigation.

The cause of the crash remains under police probe.