Houston,TX : Officer hospitalized after crash with suspected drunk driver on Highway 59 on October, Sunday 15th 2017

Two crashes, two suspected drunk drivers.

Police officers said the violent collision between a pickup truck and two HPD cruisers on the Southwest Freeway could have been a lot worse.

Investigators said no officers were injured in the wreck that shut down Highway 59 southbound at Hillcroft for hours, but one officer was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Houston police said the officer's injuries were believed to be minor after the crash.

The pickup driver was suspected for drunk driving and taken to the hospital for evaluation.

The highway was closed for more than nine hours this morning as investigators try to reconstruct two wrecks on the Southwest Freeway.

A witness told Eyewitness News the white Dodge Ram pickup came flying down the highway around 5 a.m., smashing into the two patrol vehicles.


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Officer hospitalized after crash with suspected drunk driver on Highway 59