SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A California Highway Patrol officer is recovering from injuries sustained at an early morning DUI stop.

Early Thursday morning, Dec. 11, CHP attempted to stop a driver on Pioneer Trail for a suspected DUI.

During the encounter, the driver resisted arrest, re-entered his vehicle, and fled the scene.

In the driver’s escape, a CHP officer was injured after being dragged a short distance by the vehicle while attempting to detain the suspect.

On Friday, Dec. 12, after obtaining an arrest warrant, authorities located and arrested the suspect, identified as Aidan Anthony Bissell of South Lake Tahoe.

Bissell was located at Kirkwood Ski Resort at the time of arrest.

He was booked into the El Dorado County Jail on multiple felony charges, including assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, resisting arrest with injury, felony evading, and driving under the influence.

The case will be forwarded to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office for review.