UTICA - A Utica Police officer will be out of work for two days but is okay after being hit while in his patrol car.

According to Public Safety Commissioner Dan LaBella, it was around 2 a.m. Monday morning that UPD officer Michael Clive and his partner were trying to pull over a car for driving with high beams on. The car did not pull over and began a chase with police.

The chase started along the Parkway in Utica and eventually made its way to Wall Street, LaBella said.

LaBella said it was there that the suspect, Robert Lucas, exited the vehicle while it was moving.

The moving vehicle then slammed into the passenger side of the police car, injuring Officer Clive.

Clive will only miss two days of work, LaBella said, but is doing fine and will return to work this week.

Lucas has been charged with numerous traffic violations, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, and fleeing from police.