HPD unit hit at intersection while responding to call, Houston police say

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An officer responding to a call on Thanksgiving night was hit while driving through an intersection in southwest Houston, police said.

According to the Houston Police Department, the incident took place at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 7500 block of the Southwest Freeway near Beechnut.

The officer's vehicle was responding to a call and had lights on before checking the intersection heading northbound, HPD said. The police unit was then hit as it entered the intersection.

The officer complained of leg pain but wasn't hospitalized. Meanwhile, the driver in the other vehicle complained of chest pains and was rushed to Memorial Hermann Southwest hospital.

Drivers were seen on Houston TranStar cameras turning right at a Shell gas station to get around the closure on the feeder road.