Louisville警员处理事故时被车撞伤：42岁男子涉酒驾等罪被捕
肯塔基州杰斐逊县 Louisville 市，11月1日晚约7时，路易斯维尔都会警察局（LMPD）一名警员在 South First Street 与 Badger Avenue 附近处理一起单车无伤亡事故时，被另一辆车撞倒。据警方发言人 Dwight Mitchell 介绍，警员当时正在现场记录事故，一名驾驶人驾车撞向他，警员倒地；急救人员检查后确认他意识清醒，能自行走上担架，随后被送往 UofL Hospital，伤势无生命危险。最初那起单车事故的驾驶人没有受伤。
42岁的 Louisville 居民 Andrew Mapendo 在碰撞后停车，随后被捕，面临的指控包括酒后驾驶机动车、袭击、肆意危害、鲁莽驾驶与无驾驶执照等多项罪名，目前被关押在路易斯维尔都会惩教所，定于11月2日提堂。警方在11月2日上午发布的新闻稿中确认了逮捕与指控。
同一周，肯塔基州选民也在为11月3日的投票做准备，杰斐逊县选民将投票选举 Louisville 下一任市长以及接替即将离任的联邦参议员 Mitch McConnell 的人选。
（来源：路易斯维尔都会警察局）
Louisville Officer Struck by Car While Working a Crash; 42-Year-Old Faces DUI and Assault Charges
A Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) officer was struck by a car at about 7 p.m. on November 1 near South First Street and Badger Avenue in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, while working a single-vehicle, non-injury crash. According to spokesperson Dwight Mitchell, the officer was taking the report when a second driver struck him and knocked him to the ground; emergency crews found him alert and conscious and able to walk to a stretcher, and he was taken to UofL Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver in the initial crash was not injured.
Andrew Mapendo, 42, of Louisville, stopped after the collision and was arrested on charges including operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, assault, wanton endangerment, reckless driving and having no operator's license. He is being held at Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and was scheduled to be arraigned on November 2. Police confirmed the arrest and charges in a news release on the morning of November 2.
Kentuckians are also preparing to vote on November 3; Jefferson County voters will decide Louisville's next mayor and who replaces outgoing U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell.
(Source: Louisville Metro Police Department)
来源：路易斯维尔都会警察局
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