Detectives from the Logan Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a 20-year-old Cleveland man following a police officer sustaining leg injuries after being hit by a car at Allenview last week, February 23.
The male constable was struck by a grey Ford sedan after approaching a man seen marshalling vehicles with a traffic wand.
He was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The 20-year-old Cleveland man has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, serious assault of a police officer causing bodily harm, and driver failing to remain at the scene.
He is due to appear at Beenleigh Magistrates Court today.
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