The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reported a traffic accident involving a JSO cruiser on the Buckman Bridge at 4:39 a.m. Thursday.
According to JSO the officer was on the Buckman Bridge overnight due to lane closures when the cruiser was hit around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday by a suspected drunk driver.
The driver was arrested for DUI, and the officer in the cruiser was not hurt, but taken to a hospital as a precaution.
JSO was on the scene until about 5 a.m. Thursday investigating before the scene was cleared.
A JSO officer was helping with lane closures when his patrol car was hit by a drunk driver. The officer is expected to be OK. @ActionNewsJax
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) June 22, 2017
#JSO has the #driver in custody. He's charged with #DUI. The crash happened last night at 10:40 on the #Buckman. @ActionNewsJax
— Christy Turner (@ChristyANJax) June 22, 2017
JSO officer transported to the hospital after being hit by an alleged drunk driver @ActionNewsJax
— First Alert Traffic (@ActionTraffic) June 22, 2017
JSO officer was sitting at construction site when an alleged drunk driver hit him in the back of his cruiser. @ChristyANJax has more next
— First Alert Traffic (@ActionTraffic) June 22, 2017
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