28-year-old man arrested on multiple counts, including hit and run, after he struck a Unified Police Department cruiser on I-215, causing minor injuries to an officer.

A Unified Police officer who stopped to help a motorist early Friday morning was injured when his cruiser was sideswiped by a suspected drunk, hit-and-run driver on Interstate 215.

The accident call came in at 2:05 a.m. from 245 West and westbound I-215, where the UPD officer had pulled over to assist a stranded motorist, said a UPD Lt.

The officer still was inside his cruiser when a pickup truck struck the cruiser and then drove away from the scene. A Utah Highway Patrol trooper spotted the truck a short time later, pulled it over and arrested the driver.

The 28-year-old man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on suspicion of class A misdemeanor leaving the scene of an injury accident; class B misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated and driving without insurance; and class C misdemeanor driving with a revoked vehicle registration.

The UPD officer was taken to the hospital for treatment of a shoulder injury and then released. Hoyal said.