A North Plains police officer was injured Tuesday when he pulled over a reckless driver on U.S. 26 who had blown past rush hour traffic along the highway’s shoulder moments earlier only to have the driver run over his foot on the side of the highway.

According to North Plains Police Chief Jesse Baker, an officer saw a blue 1990 Honda Accord speeding past traffic on eastbound U.S. 26 near the 185th Avenue exit at 5:07 p.m. The car flew past stop-and-go traffic by using the center emergency lane. The officer gave chase and pulled over the driver near the Murray Boulevard exit.

Baker said the officer and a Washington County Sheriff’s deputy made the traffic stop and were preparing to arrest the man for reckless driving and providing a false name to law enforcement when the driver “started his vehicle and drove away at a high rate of speed.”

As he pulled away, the officer was dragged for about 10 feet on the ground. As he fell, Baker said in a statement, the officer’s foot was run over by the Honda driver.

The officer was able to get back in his car and pursue the car. But according to Baker, the driver once again drove on the shoulder/emergency lane of the highway --- without headlights on --- and officers called off the search due to the heavy traffic.

Daniel Conrad, a Hillsboro resident, was driving to work in downtown Portland when he captured the start of the chase on his dashboard camera.

Conrad shared the video on Reddit and provided it to The Oregonian/OregonLive. The video shows the Honda flying past traffic on the center shoulder, followed by the North Plains officer giving chase and a pickup truck driving deftly yielding to give the officer room to operate.

Baker, after seeing the video, confirmed it shows his officer giving chase.

Conrad said he didn’t hear any police activity before the car blew past him, adding the vehicle “came up suddenly from behind and kicked up debris to a lot of cars on the left lane.”

Conrad said as he approached downtown, he saw the driver had been pulled over on the right shoulder, and he said he witnessed the officer walking up to the driver’s side of the car as he drove past.

Baker said the injured officer went to the hospital but was released with minor injuries.

He said the officer was wearing a body camera during the incident, but footage wasn’t available to be released as the investigation was ongoing. He asked anyone who saw the incident to call Washington County non-emergency dispatch at 503-629-0111.