Officer hit by vehicle on I-70, rushed to hospital: Police
According to police, an officer was struck by a vehicle in the express lanes on Interstate 70 near Shreve Avenue. It originally started with a carjacking investigation and led to a chase, SLMPD said in a press conference.
The officer was rushed to the hospital in a police cruiser with a serious injury to his leg.
Police says he is currently in surgery as of 10 a.m. and his family had a chance to speak to him.
'It shows the dangerous work our officers are out there doing each and every day, and if it wasn't for the quick action of the officers on the scene–putting him in one of our Tahoe's, clearing out down Kingshighway, getting him to Barnes Hospital–it could've been even worse than it is right now,' SLMPD Chief Robert Tracy said. 'Pretty much saved his life.'
Traffic has been narrowed to one lane as emergency crews are at the scene.
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