WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police arrested someone from Maryland accused of hitting an officer with their car while officers tried to detain them in July.
The Metropolitan Police Department said that around 2 a.m. on July 14, officers tried to stop a car in the 1300 block of U St. NW.
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During the traffic stop, officers tried to detain the driver. The driver instead drove off, hitting an officer and a car as they did so.
The officer who was injured was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries…