HPD Officer hurt in major car accident on 290 at Hollister

A Houston Police Department officer is lucky to be alive after his patrol car was struck by a pickup truck in a major car accident on US 290 at Hollister Road. Investigators say the office was using his patrol car to block traffic while working the scene of another accident when his vehicle was struck at around 4:00 a.m. Both the police officer and the driver of the pickup truck were taken to hospital.  Channel 2 Houston's story does not state whether the driver of the pickup was impaired, but someone hits a police car on the freeway at 4:00 a.m. in Houston, in my opinion the probability of alcohol involvement is extremely high.  KHOU's story describes the pickup driver as a suspected drunk driver.

What remains of the HPD Officer's patrol car. Photo credit: Channel 2 News.

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HPD officer injured in car accident at Beltway and South Post Oak

Channel 2 is reporting that a HPD officer was injured in a car accident early this morning at the intersection of Beltway 8 and South Post Oak in Houston. The officer was responding to an emergency call to help another officer and had her lights and siren activated when another driver hit the officer's car. The car driven by the other person caught fire a few blocks from where the accident happened and the driver ran away. Houston Police Department said the officer suffered minor injuries. Hopefully she will make a full recovery and be back to work soon. KHOU's coverage here.

Photo credit: Channel 2 News

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