El Paso police officer injured, driver hospitalized after traffic stop crash

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Friday, the El Paso Police Department said one of its officers is injured and one person is in the hospital after a crash on the I-10 at Mile Marker 34.

EPPD posted a video on Instagram showing an officer conducting a traffic stop. While the officer stood on the highway’s shoulder to check a driver’s ID, a second vehicle failed to control its speed, narrowly missed the officer and crashed into the stopped vehicle.

The crash pushed the stopped vehicle 500 feet down the shoulder, EPPD said…

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