A Blaine police officer was injured after being thrown from a Corvette as a driver fled a DWI investigation, police said. The incident began around 2:32 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, when officers responded to a reported property-damage crash at Jefferson Street Northeast and Northtown Drive.

Witnesses told the first officer that the driver of an older-model Corvette had been driving recklessly before the crash. The officer noticed signs of suspected impairment, according to the Blaine Police Department.