Honolulu police have opened an attempted murder investigation after an officer was struck by a driver of a stolen vehicle who fled the scene early Sunday morning.

It happened in the Punchbowl area on Lusitana Street between Puowaina Drive and Huali Street at about 2:20 a.m.

Officers stopped the suspect for driving a stolen vehicle when the driver struck the officer and drove away.

Paramedics took the 30-year-old officer to the hospital in serious condition.

Police reopened Lusitana Street by about 4:30 a.m.