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Car trunk lid injures Pittsburgh police officer during arrest

A Pittsburgh police officer suffered a head injury while searching a car at the end of a short chase in the North Side.

Two people were arrested about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday after a short pursuit that started at Allegheny Dwellings and ended at Ridge Avenue and Arch Street, police said.

Keith Ensley, 19, of Wilkinsburg and an unidentified 15-year-old face drug and gun charges, police said. The unidentified officer was conducting an inventory of the teens' vehicle when the trunk's lid fell and hit him, police said.