A drive in Temple is lucky to be in one piece after slamming head-on into a Temple Police Department cruiser Tuesday morning.
The crash happened in the 7200 block of Airport Road near Temple Fire Station 8. Alejandra Arreguin says officers responded to the scene of the collision around 8:25 AM.
According to Arreguin, Officer Hassan Enriquez was parked on the shoulder of Airport Road facing West when a 40-year-old man driving east crossed the westbound lanes and hit Hassan's police SUV head-on.
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Investigators believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel. He was transported to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.