Scottsdale police officer hit while conducting traffic control

PHOENIX — A police officer was hit while conducting a traffic control in Phoenix, authorities said.

A Scottsdale police officer was conducting traffic control near 44th Street and Camelback Road, near where the inaugural Phoenix Marathon was being run, with northbound traffic stopped, around 8:45 a.m.

A vehicle attempted to go around the stopped traffic and hit the officer. The woman driving the vehicle was detained, and the officer was taken to a nearby hospital "as a precaution," police said.

No other information was released.