TWO police officers had to be taken to hospital for minor injuries after a drunk driver slammed into their marked police vehicle while they were driving along the Uriah Butler Highway on April 23.

Initial reports said the officers were driving on the leftmost lane of the southbound lane of the highway around 3 am when they heard a loud noise near the John Peter Walkover. Their car spun out of control and stopped facing north on the extreme right lane.

The officers then saw a man getting out of a blue Mazda 3 in a ditch on the eastern side of the southbound lane. Upon making checks the officers noticed the back of their car was destroyed along with the front of the blue Mazda 3.