HOUSTON, TX : HPD officers expected to make recovery following fiery crash involving suspected drunk driver on Monday, 24th December 2018

A suspected drunk driver has been charged after police say he caused a fiery crash involving two HPD officers.Cesar Collazo, 23, is facing two counts of assaulting a peace officer and two counts of failing to stop and render aid involving severe bodily injury.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the crash happened just after midnight at the 10100 block of Telephone Road.

HPD said the officers were responding to a call when a vehicle overturned in front of their cruiser, nearly causing a head-on collision.

The officers' patrol vehicle flipped multiple times before it erupted in flames.

Surveillance video from across the street of the incident captured moments the patrol car crashed.

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