Deputy injured while helping stranded motorist

A Dallas County Sheriff's Deputy is in the hospital after her squad car was hit while she was helping a stranded driver overnight.

The crash happened around 2:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-35 at Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas.

The deputy was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay.

Deputies on scene said driver is in custody under suspicion of drunken driven.