Off Duty Seattle Officer Injured in Suspected DUI
Just before 3 a.m. this morning, an off-duty Seattle police officer on his way to work was involved in a traffic collision with a suspected impaired driver in the intersection of East Pine Street and Boylston Avenue.
The officer was driving east on Pine when the other vehicle, heading west on Pine, turned in front of the officer’s car. The officer was treated at the scene by Seattle Fire Department medics and then taken to a hospital for evaluation of a sore neck and hand.
The officer was later released from the hospital.
The driver of the other vehicle, 21, was not injured. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
