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Posted: May 7, 2008

Officer injured in wreck

Durham, N.C. — A police officer was injured Wednesday morning when his patrol car was rear-ended, police said.

Officer C.E. Heim was southbound on Miami Boulevard near N.C. Highway 54 when he slowed for traffic and his cruiser was hit from behind by a 1999 Honda Accord, police said.

Heim was taken to Duke University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Satya-Pharni Narra, of Durham, the driver of the Accord, was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, police said.

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Of all cars to hit. Man...

imwithpeedee
May 7, 2008 12:38 p.m.

Oh, man, it's horrible to get in an accident anyway ... but to rear-end an officer. Yikes. Hope the officer's okay.