Houston, TX: HPD Officer Injured in Interstate 10 East Hit-And-Run Crash

Houston PD Patrol Car Struck Involved in Crash on Interstate 10 East

Houston, Texas (January 26, 2017) – According to the Houston Police Department, a Houston police was injured Thursday morning following a hit-and-run crash involving a police patrol car in Houston.
The accident took place at about 6:00 a.m. on Interstate 10 East.
Reportedly, witnesses told the police that the pickup was swerving on the freeway causing other vehicles to also swerve. Two vehicles then collide causing one of them to slam into the rear of a police patrol car stopped on the shoulder of the roadway.
As per the report, an officer who was inside the vehicle at the time of the crash was taken to the hospital with a broken hip.
The driver of the vehicle that struck the patrol car complained of pain after the crash.
One of the drivers involved in the initial crash fled the scene and the police are still looking for them.
All the eastbound lanes of the freeway at Federal were closed until about 9:00 a.m. The name and age of the injured police officer was not immediately available.
The incident remains under investigation.