A Texas Department of Public Safety motorcycle trooper was released from the hospital, and a woman was arrested after she allegedly hit the trooper with her car Friday night in South Austin.
According to DPS spokesman Sgt. Billy Ray, a Volkswagen Golf struck the trooper’s motorcycle while he was stopped at a red light about 8:50 p.m. Friday on Ben White Boulevard near South Congress Avenue. The trooper was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.
Ray said the Volkswagen’s driver, a 28-year-old woman, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated with an open container. The crash is under investigation.
This article originally published at Texas DPS motorcycle trooper hit by car in South Austin; woman charged with DWI.