LAPD officer seriously injured after hit-and-run crash in Sylmar

An officer from the Los Angeles Police Department was seriously injured after a hit-and-run crash in Sylmar on Friday. 

The officer was investigating a separate traffic collision in the 13550 block of Foothill Boulevard just before 7:50 p.m. when a passing vehicle crashed into him, according to the LAPD. 

The Los Angeles Fire Department said paramedics took the officer to a local trauma center in serious condition. His condition stabilized after doctors treated several injuries at the hospital.

LAPD also located what they believed was the suspect's car in the Pacoima Wash roughly half a mile away from the crime scene.  Officers arrested the suspect roughly an hour after the collision near the intersection of Sutter Avenue and Mercer Street, about 3.6 miles away from the crash site.