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Suspected Drunk Driver Crashes into Texas Patrol Vehicle

An officer with the Irving (TX) Police Department was injured when a suspected drunk driver struck her patrol vehicle as she was attending to a hit-and-run collision in the very early hours on Sunday.

February 19, 2019
Suspected Drunk Driver Crashes into Texas Patrol Vehicle

An officer with the Irving (TX) Police Department was injured when a suspected drunk driver struck his patrol vehicle as she was attending to a hit-and-run collision in the very early hours on Sunday. The injuries to the officer were reportedly minor but she was transported to a nearby hospital as a precaution.

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Image courtesy of Irving PD / Facebook.

An officer with the Irving (TX) Police Department was injured when a suspected drunk driver struck her patrol vehicle as she was attending to a hit-and-run collision in the very early hours on Sunday.

The department said on Facebook , "One of our officers was injured by a drunk driver early this morning on Loop 12 near Grauwyler Road. She was sitting in her squad car protecting a crash scene when the collision occurred."

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The injuries to the officer were reportedly minor but she was transported to a nearby hospital as a precaution.

The driver was arrested for DWI and is in the Irving Jail.