LOS ANGELES, CA – A suspected DUI driver hit a police officer in South Los Angeles on Monday evening while the officer was responding to a separate incident, KTLA reports.
The collision occurred at West 93rd Street and South Broadway, where an armed man had barricaded himself into a building. SWAT was on the scene, and eventually apprehended the suspect.
During the showdown, a police officer was struck by a drunk driver while sitting in his car. The police officer sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
The driver was taken into custody.