LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville woman was arrested after a crash in the Shawnee neighborhood left an LMPD officer hospitalized.
Officers responded to the 600 block of South 43rd Street around 10:40 p.m. Friday when Katelin Moody's vehicle struck a parked police cruiser.
Police said the officer was outside the car and saw Moody's car swerve before hitting his cruiser. He jumped on top of his car to avoid being hit, and when the car was struck, he was knocked off the cruiser.
The officer fell on the pavement headfirst, and was transported to the hospital with serious, but not life threatening, injuries head, neck and back injuries.
Moody's car rolled on the cruiser's roof and struck a third vehicle as well. Moody told police she drank alcohol three hours to driving. A preliminary breath test showed her blood alcohol level was at .139.
Moody faces seven charges including operating a motor vehicle under the influence, assault of a police officer, and wanton endangerment.
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