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Police car involved in crash while responding to person with gun call in East York

A Toronto Police Cruiser is show in this file photo.

A police car responding to a call for a person with a gun was involved in a collision in Toronto’s east end on Wednesday morning.

The crash, which occurred in the same area as the gun call, happened on Coxwell Avenue near Cosburn Avenue shortly before 8:30 a.m.

Police said that officers who were involved in the collision went to the hospital to be checked out.

Coxwell Avenue was closed northbound from Sammon Avenue to Milverton Boulevard and southbound from Sammon Avenue to Springdale Boulevard, but has since re-opened.