Three BART Officers and Medical Driver Injured in Oakland Crash During Emergency Response

The high-speed collision occurred as officers were responding to a life-threatening overdose at the West Oakland BART station.

Three BART police officers and a medical supply van driver were hospitalized after a crash involving two BART police SUVs and the van in West Oakland on Saturday afternoon.
The officers were responding to a reported life-threatening drug overdose at the West Oakland BART station when the incident occurred at the intersection of Seventh Street and Mandela Parkway.
Eyewitness accounts suggest one BART police vehicle ran a red light, colliding with another BART SUV, which then struck the medical supply van.
All three officers sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries, while details about the medical driver's condition remain unclear.
The overdose victim was transported to a hospital, but no further information on their condition or the substance involved has been released; the crash is under investigation by Oakland police.