Austin Teen Charged with Intoxication Assault Against Police Officer

Luis Edwardo Zuniga, courtesy Austin Police Department

An 18-year-old man was arrested this morning for slamming head-on into an Austin Police officer.

Luis Edwardo Zuniga was booked on charges of Intoxication Assault with Serious Bodily Injury after colliding with an on-duty police officer at 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday.  Zuniga reportedly crossed into oncoming traffic on Dessau Road north of Rundberg Lane in north Austin, hitting the officer's car head-on.

The officer is not being identified, because he works undercover.  Both the officer and Zuniga were taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge with non-life threatening injuries.


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