GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) – Two police officers were hit while doing their job.

UPDATE:

The suspect was arrested on Wednesday. According to the Colorado State Patrol, Stephen Geer was charged with the following:

• Vehicular homicide – while driving under the influence of alcohol or one or more drugs or both. Such behavior was the proximate cause of another person’s death
• Two counts of vehicular assault – while driving under the influence of alcohol or one or more drugs or both, such conduct was the proximate cause of serious bodily injury to another person,
• Failure to exercise due care when approaching a stationary vehicle resulting in death (murder, unlawful moving),
• He drove the vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs or both.

ORIGINAL:

The Colorado State Patrol said troopers were struck by an oncoming vehicle while investigating the crash scene.

Officers were working a property damage accident in Golden Wednesday afternoon. “There was one officer staged in a police car prior to the scene of the accident and two additional officers manning the scene of the accident when a passing vehicle entered the scene. Both officers at the scene of the original crash were struck and forced under the original crashed vehicle,” CSP said in a press release.

One of the policemen died at the scene and the other was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The driver who hit the police officers was arrested for alleged impairment.

“Our thoughts are with the members of the Golden Police Department and the friends and families of the officers involved,” CSP said.

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