VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas — A search is underway for a suspect who struck an off-duty police officer's vehicle Friday morning and then left the crash scene in a different vehicle, officials said.
Dallas police said around 3 a.m. an Edgewood police officer was off-duty but in a marked police vehicle near I-635 at Plano Road when the crash happened. He was blocking traffic for a construction site when his police vehicle was struck by a Maserati, according to officials.
The officer was inside his police vehicle at the time of the accident. He was transported to a nearby hospital, authorities said. An update on his condition has not been released.
The suspect abandoned the Maserati and left the scene in another vehicle. Authorities have not provided a description of the vehicle the suspect might be in.
No further details have been released at this time.
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