On the night of Friday, September 27, a local passenger bus collided with a Chapala police patrol on the highway near Rancho del Oro.
There were no passengers on the bus at the time, and the driver fled the scene.
The police car was totaled, but the two officers inside sustained only minor injuries, according to first responders who extricated them from the wreckage.
Officials reported that the drivers of both vehicles were at fault for reckless driving.