HOUSTON – A Houston police officer is out of the hospital after a car smashed into his patrol car in southeast Houston.
Police said the officer was pulled over with his lights on in the area of Gulf Freeway and El Dorado Boulevard after a routine traffic stop just after midnight Wednesday. As the officer sat in his car, the driver of a brown SUV slammed into the back of the cruiser. The SUV rolled over and landed in a grassy shoulder.
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The officer was taken to Memorial Hermann hospital and treated for a gash on his forehead. He was treated and released.
The driver of the SUV was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition. Investigators said the woman may have been intoxicated.