A police officer was hit by a speeding driver Tuesday on an Interstate in Washington, D.C., while helping another driver whose car broke down, police said.
The officer was seriously injured and remains in the hospital, the D.C. police union said in a statement.
The officer was standing outside of his cruiser in the eastbound lanes of I-695 near South Capitol Street, according to D.C. police.
A driver going “at a high rate of speed” hit him, police said.
Members of law enforcement immediately started tending to their injured fellow officer, who was rushed to a hospital, police said.
The officer works in the Metropolitan Police Department’s First District, according to the union. Further information about their identity was not immediately released.
The driver accused of hitting the officer stayed on the scene and was later taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that are not considered life-threatening, police said.
Police didn’t immediately announce any charges against the driver accused of hitting the officer.
The driver of the broken-down vehicle wasn’t hurt, police said.
Eastbound I-695 was shut down near exit 1A, but all lanes reopened early Wednesday.
Detectives from MPD’s Major Crash Investigation Units are investigating.
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