Police officer struck by car

Authorities say a Chicago police officer was in stable condition after being struck and dragged by a vehicle that then fled the wrong way onto a busy expressway.

Police spokeswoman Monique Bond says two officers made a traffic stop on the West Side Friday afternoon as part of a narcotics investigation.

Bond says the man refused to get out of the car and drove off, hitting and dragging one officer for a short distance. Backup officers pursed him, and after a crash one of them fired shots at the suspect's car, striking a 53-year-old passenger in the torso.

The passenger was reported in stable condition Friday night at Stroger Hospital.

Other details of the incident were unavailable early Saturday morning.

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