A Dallas police officer was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle struck the officer’s patrol vehicle during a traffic stop on Marvin D. Love Freeway.
Dallas Police told NBC 5 the officer was stopped at about 3:52 p.m. in the 6200 block of northbound U.S. Highway 67 for a traffic stop and was standing outside their police car when a passing vehicle struck both the officer and the patrol vehicle.
The department said the officer was taken to the hospital for a precautionary evaluation. The driver of the vehicle that struck the police car was also hospitalized. The conditions of both patients were unknown…