Missouri: Osage Beach officer in fair condition after being struck by car
Missouri Law Enforcement
A man who struck an Osage Beach police officer with his pickup truck as the officer was out of his vehicle performing a traffic stop has been arrested on suspicion of Second Degree Assault with Impairment and Failure to Yield to a Stationary Emergency Vehicle. The officer's condition, meanwhile, has been upgraded.
According to the Osage Beach Police Department, Officer Austin White had stopped a vehicle at the east end of the Grand Glaize Bridge at 6:15 Thursday morning and was outside his car when a pickup truck driven by 58-year-old Robert Watkins of Osage Beach struck an assisting police cruiser from behind before striking White.