A Fort Worth police officer was involved in a minor crash trying to stop a wrong-way driver on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth Tuesday night, police say.
The Fort Worth police officer was headed north on I-35E at about 11:45 p.m. when he noticed a wrong-way driver entering the freeway from the Texas 121 ramp.
Police said the officer veered from the middle lane to the left lane and came to a stop to try to block the wrong-way driver. A driver traveling behind the officer was unable to stop in time and struck the officer's patrol car.
The wrong-way driver, later identified by police as 56-year-old Emilia Ybarra, continued past the officer southbound in the northbound lanes until she collided with another driver, police said.
Ybarra was arrested at the scene and is expected to be charged with DWI, police said.
The officer was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. No other injuries were reported in either crash.
