"This is a gift for my husband."

Pam Waidner wraps Christmas presents a little slower today. That's because Thursday she was involved in a serious car accident.

Here's what happened.

Two police officers crash at the intersection of Sample and Chapin Streets, a stone's throw from the police station.

Patrolman Jason King is still in the hospital recovering from spinal injuries. Initially, he was trapped in the car, and is still in ICU.

Corporal Jason Stone is home after being treated for minor injuries.

The two officers were responding to a burglary call. One had a green light and the other, a red one. So now the question--should the officer going through the red light have done something differently?

Phil Trent for the South Bend Police Department says Indiana laws allows law enforcement officers to proceed through a red light when sirens and lights are on. However, Trent says, South Bend Police Department's policies say an officer should proceed through a red light with caution and make sure the intersection is clear before moving forward at high speeds. Trent said the department doesn't know yet if either slowed down.

St. Joseph County's Fatal Alcohol Crash Team is investigating the case. Their report will be handed down to the South Bend Police Department's Accident Review Board to decide if either officer did something he shouldn't have.

The impact of the crash caused the cars to hit into two other civilian cars. Those people had been waiting at the intersection.

Pam and Merlin Waidner were in one of those cars. Merlin was back to work Friday, and Pam is doing fine, but sore and achy.

"It was really fast and sort of a blur. You know you were going, but had no control over it, and you just had to go with it," Waidner says.

"It was a scary thing but I feel really blessed because it could have been so much worse."

Zackary Buaschke, 28 years old from South Bend, was driving the other car. He was arrested for drinking and driving, but police say, had nothing to do with the cause of the accident.