Shocking footage shows police officer being hit by a car

This is the shocking moment a policeman is hit by a car on a snow-covered road, hurling him through the air.

The officer was reportedly attending to "slide-offs" in Sardine Canyon, Utah, on Sunday, when he was struck by the car.

Sgt Cade Brenchley, a father-of-four, suffered broken ribs and a broken shoulder blade but survived.

"I remember thinking to myself, 'I've been hit. I've just been hit. Holy crap," he said at a press conference on Thursday.

The woman who hit him was reportedly "in hysterics" after realising what had happened and has sent him flowers.

"I hold no ill will toward her," he told The Huffington Post. "And if anybody should be upset, it should be me or my family."