WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - A police officer was taken to a hospital after being struck in the District late Thursday night.

Police say a Capitol Police officer was struck by a vehicle while conducting a routine traffic stop on Massachusetts Ave. near Union Station sometime before 9 p.m.

The female officer was taken to a local hospital but the severity of her injuries is unknown.

Massachusetts Ave. is blocked off to traffic in both directions near Union Station.

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