Mo. Police Officer Seriously Injured During DUI Traffic Stop Crash
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A Kansas City police officer was seriously injured early Saturday when a speeding Kia Forte struck his parked patrol vehicle on Interstate 29.
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The officer was assisting with a DUI stop and sitting inside his marked Dodge Durango with emergency lights activated when the crash occurred.
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Both the officer and the Kia driver were hospitalized, and the officer has since been released as investigators look into possible impairment by the driver.
A Shoal Creek police officer was injured while conducting a traffic stop north of Kansas City Saturday.
Kansas City police responded just after midnight with other local divisions to Interstate 29 near NW Waukomis Drive on reports of an officer with serious injuries, according to Capt. Jake Becchina, spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department.
A preliminary investigation indicates an officer was sitting inside a blue Dodge Durango police vehicle just after midnight Saturday assisting a DUI officer on a traffic stop. The vehicle was parked on the left shoulder of the I-29 northbound bridge over NW Waukomis Drive with its emergency lights on, according to Becchina.
That’s when a blue Kia Forte sped north on I-29 and hit the back of the patrol vehicle. Both the officer and the driver of the Kia were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The officer has since been released from the hospital and is still recovering. His identity was not released.
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