Officer Injured During DUI Stop On I-25 Presented With Corporal Stripes

DENVER (CBS4)– The officer who was seriously injured when he was struck by a suspected drunk driver during a traffic stop on Interstate 25 on Friday learned some good news in the hospital during a visit by the Chief of Police.
Officer Dan Swint had pulled over another suspected drunk driver Friday morning on I-25 near 38th Avenue. That’s when another vehicle slammed into his cruiser, causing a chain reaction crash.
Swint suffered a broken jaw, spinal cord fracture and five broken rib