Wisconsin: Milwaukee police officer hurt after drunk driver strikes squad car near 26th & Hopkins
Police say a drunk driver hit two Milwaukee police squads and sent an officer flying through the air. Officials say that driver never should have been behind the wheel in the first place — he’s on parole for his fourth OWI. However, police say the man has five OWI convictions.
This incident happened early Wednesday morning, January 20th in the neighborhood near 26th and Hopkins. According to police, officers were in the neighborhood around 1:00 a.m . investigating a battery complaint when a northbound car, operated by a 55-year-old Milwaukee man at a high rate of speed, collided with two parked cars and then a marked squad car. The squad car then struck an officer standing nearby, causing him to fly through the air before landing back on the pavement.
The incident was captured via surveillance video at a nearby store. What the video did not capture was the car hitting a different parked squad, sending it slamming into a second squad.
The officer who flew through the air, a 42-year-old man with 13 years experience, suffered what appear to be non-life threatening injuries. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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