Cop hurt after struck by drunken driver
A Las Vegas police officer was injured when the motorcycle he was riding was rear-ended by a drunken driver on the Strip early Thursday, authorities said.
The crash happened just after midnight when a sedan hit the motorcycle on Las Vegas Boulevard, near Harmon Avenue, police said.
The officer, who was not named, was taken to University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
The sedan driver was arrested on DUI charges. His name was not immediately released by police.
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