By Police1 Staff
CONCORD, Calif. — An officer saved his K-9 partner moments before a drunk driver slammed into his patrol car.
Officer Coniglio and his K-9 partner, Hancock, were investigating a DUI collision Saturday morning when Coniglio saw a truck heading for his patrol car, Fox 40 reported.
Coniglio was able to move his car, with Hancock inside, two feet before the truck slammed into the driver’s side of his patrol car.
The K-9 and officer were transported to local hospitals with moderate injuries and released to recover at home.
“If Officer Coniglio was not able to move his patrol vehicle, he and K-9 Hancock would have sustained serious injury or death,” the department wrote on Facebook.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of DUI. He was treated for his injuries and released to police custody.
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