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Driver faces DUI, assault charges after cop nearly rammed

Booking photo for Alex Martinez. Courtesy (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Las Vegas police said the driver of the vehicle, after trying to strike a Metro officer, fled the scene, then crashed into a wall, causing the car to catch fire about 6:30 a.m. near Charles Turk Drive and Stapleton Avenue, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police said the driver of the vehicle, after trying to strike a Metro, fled the scene, then crashed into a wall, causing the car to catch fire about 6:30 a.m. near Charles Turk Drive and Stapleton Avenue, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
March 25, 2015 - 6:01 pm
 

A driver tried to ram a Metro officer on Wednesday and was booked on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to police.

Police identified him as Alexander Martinez.

Just before 6 a.m., the driver of a vehicle “attempted to hit one of the officers” near Durango Drive and Summerlin Parkway, Metro spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said.

Martinez took off in the car, then crashed into a wall at Charles Turk Drive and Stapleton Avenue, near Westcliff Drive and Cimarron Road, causing the car to catch fire about 6:30 a.m.

Then Martinez tried to run away, but police said they caught him.

No officers were injured, Meltzer said.

A passenger in the vehicle police said Martinez driving was taken to MountainView Hospital. That person’s condition and identity were not available.

Contact Kimberly De La Cruz at Kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @KimberlyinLV.

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