DUI suspect injures officer on Academy Rd.

An off-duty Philadelphia police officer was badly injured early yesterday when he was hit by a man charged with drunken driving while walking on Academy Road, police said.

The name of the 44-year-old officer, who is on family medical leave from his job, was withheld by the police Accident Investigation Division. He was reported in critical condition yesterday at the Torresdale campus of Frankford Hospital.

Police said Jeffery Winarski, 25, of Croydon, was driving a vehicle that struck the officer about 3:30 a.m. in the 10800 block of Academy Road. Police said Winarski left the scene of the accident, but stopped and returned. They said he was charged with driving under the influence.

- Tom Infield