Ore. officer hit, wounded by impaired driver while responding to scene
By: Jayati Ramakrishnan, The Oregonian
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland police officer suffered non-life threatening injuries after being hit by an impaired driver on early Sunday morning.
The officer was walking back to his car around 2:30 a.m. after investigating a fight at the Lux Hookah Lounge on Southeast Powell Boulevard, when a Honda Accord traveling westbound on Powell Boulevard came toward him. According to a Portland Police Bureau news release, the officer tried to avoid being hit by tucking up against his police car, but the mirror of the passing car hit him. The officer was taken to his hospital and treated for his injuries, and is now recovering at home.
Other officers pursued the Honda Accord and arrested the driver, Carlos Zamora, 22. He was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, failure to perform the duties of a driver involving injury, reckless driving and fourth-degree assault.
