DASHCAM: Moment suspected drunk driver slams into police officer in US (GRAPHIC)
A Texas police officer is recovering from a fracture and other injuries after he was struck by a suspected drunken driver while standing alongside a car during a traffic stop. He survived because the driver first struck the car that was stopped on the side of the road, lessening the blow.
A 34-year-old man was charged with intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury to a police officer. It is not clear whether the second driver was hurt.