Rookie officer bruised in traffic stop/collision of suspected drunk drivers (updated with video)

Update: Want to see a holy shit moment? Just wait until 36 seconds into this video. Chief Jim Corwin posted it on his blog today, and it shows the officer flying when a suspected drunk driver slams into the back of a car involved in a traffic stop.

Corwin writes:

It was a little after 3:45 a.m. Friday, March 12. A sergeant had pulled

over a drunk driver at 83rd and Troost, and other officers came on

scene to help with the arrest. A 24-year-old officer was standing next

to the driver’s door of the drunk man’s car beginning to take an

inventory of the vehicle when they heard squealing tires, and another

car driven by an intoxicated woman slammed into the first car, which

slammed into the officer. You can see him being thrown to the pavement.

It was an incredibly scary moment, but fortunately, the officer

suffered only bumps and bruises to his right leg. He was taken to a

hospital as a precaution but was released soon afterward.