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Driver hits LVMPD patrol vehicle during traffic stop, Metro investigating

Driver hits LVMPD patrol vehicle during traffic stop, Metro investigating
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A police officer was taken to the hospital overnight after a driver crashed into her patrol vehicle in the west valley.

It happened just before 1 a.m. near Sahara and Fort Apache, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Metro police told us the officer was conducting a traffic stop when the other driver slammed into her vehicle.

Paramedics took the officer to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators are now looking into whether the driver who hit her was impaired.