By Domingo Ramirez Jr.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
FORT WORTH — A veteran patrol officer remained in a local hospital Wednesday afternoon after being seriously injured when he was hit by a vehicle as he attempted to remove a couch from a highway Tuesday night, police said Wednesday.
The officer, who has not been identified, suffered a broken leg, cuts and bruises in the accident.
The officer was in good condition Wednesday afternoon at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth.
The officer responded to a call of debris in the highway about 10 p.m. Tuesday in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 30 at Henderson Street near downtown Fort Worth.
Police said he began to set out cones and flares.
“The officer was out of his patrol car when he was struck by a vehicle,” said Fort Worth police Capt. David McElroy in an on Wednesday.
The motorist stopped to render aid, police said.
The officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, was taken to the Fort Worth hospital.
Traffic investigators were called to the scene, but no charges are expected to be filed in the incident, police said late Tuesday.
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