An NYPD highway officer was left in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle by a reported drunk driver early Tuesday morning. The Highway Unit officer was on the scene of an incident on the Long Island Expressway at Clearview around 2 a.m. when a car hit the officer . according to an NYPD spokesperson. He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens where he was pronounced dead. A woman who was driving the car was taken into custody. The fallen officer is a 43 year old, 14 year veteran Officer Anastasios Tsakos. Officer Tsakos leaves behind a wife and two small children.