BELLE ISLE, Fla. — A woman is facing charges after a crash in Belle Isle that hurt a police officer.
The crash happened last week on Jason Street and Oak Ridge Road.
Investigators said a driver turned into the officer’s unit, sending him into a fence and tree.
Officials said Paula Hernandez Lazaro did not have a license.
They later learned she also had no legal status in the U.S. and had entered the country illegally.
The officer was treated and released from the hospital the same day.
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