Police say three people were injured, one with life-threatening injuries, after a driver pulled in front of a Lakeville police squad car on Thursday night.

The crash happened on Cedar Avenue at 205th Street in Lakeville at about 10 p.m. Thursday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

At that time, the State Patrol says, a police Ford Explorer was traveling north on Cedar Avenue when a southbound Toyota turned left in front of it. The Ford Explorer then struck the passenger side of the Toyota, authorities say. The Explorer was marked, but its emergency lights and siren weren’t activated and it wasn’t responding to a call, Lakeville police said.

Jose Leonardo Rodriguez, a 31-year-old St. Paul man who was a passenger in the Toyota, was reportedly not wearing a seat belt and suffered life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Toyota, Jose Reynoldo Diaz, 23, and another passenger, Osmin Edgardo Diaz Lopez, 19, both of Burnsville, were reportedly both wearing seat belts and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The State Patrol report said the driver of the Explorer was William Joseph Leman, 26, of Apple Valley. It was not clear Friday what position he holds with the Lakeville Police Department. He was wearing a seat belt and was not injured.

Air bags deployed in the police vehicle but not the Toyota, according to the State Patrol, which is handling the investigation.

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