A Geneva Police officer was injured March 19 after being dragged by a car he was investigating in a business parking lot.

The officer noticed a suspicious vehicle parked in the lot at 1:28 a.m. on the 1500 block of South Randall Road. The officer noticed the driver may allegedly have been intoxicated and asked him to exit the vehicle.

Instead, the man started the car and drove away, dragging the officer a short distance in the parking lot. The man fled the area, but the vehicle description and license plate were passed along to neighboring law enforcement agencies.

The Geneva Police officer was seriously injured and transported by the Geneva Fire Department to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital. He is listed in stable condition.

The Kane County Major Crimes Task Force is overseeing the investigation involving the driver.