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Two deputies for the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office were hospitalized early Thursday after they were struck by a suspected drunk driver, according to Constable Mark Herman’s office.

The crash occurred at approximately 4 a.m. on the Sam Houston Tollway near Ella Boulevard. According to social media posts by Herman’s office , the deputies were responding to a report of a pedestrian in the roadway when a suspected impaired driver crashed into the deputies’ vehicles and then struck them as they stood outside of their vehicles.

In a post on social media, Herman’s office said one of the deputies, a man, was life-flighted to Memorial Hermann Hospital. The other deputy, a woman, was transported via ambulance to another local hospital.

They were both undergoi

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