Cops: Drunken teen clipped Sleepy Hollow officer with car

A 19-year-old West Dundee woman faces a laundry list of charges after hitting with her car a Sleepy Hollow police officer who was conducting a breath test on another suspected drunken driver.

Elizabeth Moore, of the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue, hit the female officer around 1 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Sleepy Hollow and Huntley roads, Sleepy Hollow Chief Jim Montalbano said. The officer and her partner had stopped another motorist near the intersection for a possible DUI. The spot, though outside village limits, was the nearest "safe place" where the driver could be pulled over.

As the female officer reached inside the car to get the testing device, Moore, who had slowed to see what was going on, clipped her with her side view mirror, Montalbano said.

Moore continued driving until police pulled her over near Hamilton and Huntley roads, he said.

The officer, who was hit in the lower back, was taken to Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin but released later that night.

Montalbano said Moore admitted she'd been drinking but refused to take a breath test. She was charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident, improper passing of an emergency vehicle and hitting a police officer.

She was sent to Kane County jail and released on $3,000 bond.