A Tempe police sergeant and another officer were injured after being hit by a wrong-way driver early Monday morning, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
According to DPS, the wrong-way driver crashed head-on into the sergeant's patrol vehicle on State Route 51 at Indian School Road around 1:48 a.m. The wrong-way driver was traveling south in the northbound lanes. Debris from the collision hit the other officer's vehicle which was traveling behind the sergeant's vehicle.
Both officers were injured in the crash and were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, DPS said.
According to DPS, the 27-year-old wrong-way driver in a 2018 Chevrolet Corvette was taken to a hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
The department said it believes impairment was a factor in the crash.