CHELSEA, MASS. (WHDH) - A Chelsea police officer was injured after a motorist struck his cruiser in Chelsea late Sunday night, authorities said.

The officer was responding to a separate car crash on Willow Street just before 11 p.m. when a 36-year-old Chelsea woman driving a 2016 Mazda failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into his cruiser at the intersection of Central Avenue and Shawmut Street, according to Chelsea police.

The officer was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The other driver did not require medical attention at the scene, police said.

She was issued a citation for failure to stop at a stop sign.

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