CHICAGO – A Gary, Indiana, police dog is recovering from being injured when it was hit by a driver who was charged with driving while intoxicated over the weekend.A little after 1 a.m. on Saturday, Gary officers responded to the area around 1300 Taney Street for a gunshot victim, according to Gary police.While an officer and his K9 partner, 'Rush,' were searching an area nearby, a red Ford Focus traveling down Taney at a high rate of speed was driving toward them.
As the driver of the car, a 42-year-old woman from Gary, got out, they appeared to be intoxicated, police said.The driver was taken to Methodist Hospital for a blood draw. They were charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment, reckless driving, criminal recklessness, striking a law-enforcement animal, and operating without ever obtaining a license.
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