lia. A Valais police officer was hit by a car during a traffic check on Sunday. This shares the Valais canton police in one message from Tuesday With.
The accident happened just after 3 p.m., police said. A motorcyclist from the canton police was checking a motorist on the breakdown lane of the Saxon motorway in the municipality of Fully when the front of a car hit him. The police officer was thrown to the ground and injured, but not life-threateningly, the statement said.
After receiving medical care on site, he was taken to the hospital in Sion by ambulance.