Authorities say that around 1:20 a.m., a driver ran a red light and hit the officer's patrol car on Gray and Hamilton.
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The driver ran off and remains on the run.
The officer was taken to the hospital.
Monday's crash marks the seventh involving first responders in one week. A crash has occurred nearly every day since last Tuesday.
Over the weekend, a SUV driver believed to have been impaired was taken into custody after slamming into a Houston Fire Department ambulance.
Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, but were transported to the hospital as a precaution.
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