SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A Chicopee woman has been arrested in connection with a crash in which a police officer was struck by a vehicle. Springfield Police Spokesperson Ryan Walsh said that at around 4:15 p.m., a Springfield police officer was conducting traffic control at the intersection of State Street and Main Street outside of the MassMutual Center. The officer was conducting pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic. Springfield police said that the suspect, 30-year-old Taysia Williamson of Chicopee, was stopped at a red light at the intersection and was in a lane where she was not able to make a left turn onto Main Street. The officer conducting traffic told Williamson that she was unable to turn left, and Williamson allegedly ignored the officer and turned left. Williamson was alleged to have struck the officer while turning, with the officer landing on the hood of the car on impact. Williamson then drove away. Springfield police said that at approximately 6:45 p.m., Williamson was found by officers on the 100 block of Broadway Street in Chicopee and she was arrested. The officer that Williamson allegedly struck with her vehicle experienced minor injuries as a result of the crash. Taysia Williamson is charged with: Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle Leaving the Scene of a Personal Injury Crash Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle Failure to Stop for Police Local News Headlines ‘Absurd Appetites’ exhibit opens at Holyoke Community College Warming shelters available in Amherst, Hadley Wareham woman sentenced to over four years in prison for selling fentanyl resulting in overdose death Temps expected to reach near or below zero Tuesday night WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.