MESA, Ariz. — A suspected impaired driver hit a Mesa Police officer's vehicle, the city's police department said.
Mesa police at the scene told a 12News photojournalist that the officer's vehicle was hit in the bumper by a suspected impaired driver near Dobson Road and University Drive.
The crash occurred just after 1:30 a.m. on Monday. Police said the Mesa police patrol car was traveling west on University Drive when a car approached the patrol vehicle at high speed, attempting to pass the patrol car by using the left-hand turn lane.
The other car then hit the back of the patrol vehicle and allegedly lost control, skidding sideways. The car then hit a City of Mesa light pole, knocking it over and damaging it.
The car continued sliding over the curb and into a large pile of decorative boulders, police said.
The driver of the car was taken to the hospital for evaluation and the officer was not hurt.
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