SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — A driver was arrested early Saturday after allegedly striking a Scottsdale police bicycle officer with a car in Old Town and fleeing the scene, police said, in Particle News reporting summarizing the police account.

Source: Particle News, summarizing Scottsdale police and AZFamily reporting

Officers first saw a vehicle driving erratically and the wrong way on East Shoeman Lane early Saturday morning and attempted to stop it, the report said. The driver allegedly accelerated and struck an officer who was on a police bicycle, then fled.

The injured bicycle officer was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries and was treated there, the report said. AZFamily (3TV/CBS 5), in its own video report on the incident, also said a wrong-way driver was accused of hitting a Scottsdale bicycle officer with a car in Old Town early Saturday morning.

Source: AZFamily (3TV/CBS 5) video report, carried by WVLT

A short time later, officers located the vehicle near North Scottsdale Road and Gold Dust Avenue and took the driver into custody, the reports said. Police said the driver faces several criminal charges, including aggravated assault on a police officer. The charges are allegations, and the driver had not been publicly identified.

Police said the case remains under investigation as officers complete booking and charging steps and gather evidence on why the vehicle struck the officer, the Particle News report said.