DWI Suspect Killed By Alleged Drunken Driver
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:20 pm
DWI Suspect Killed By Alleged Drunken Driver
Officer Escapes Injury In Roadside Crash
POSTED: 10:00 am EST December 19, 2004
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A man who was suspected of drunken driving is dead after an ironic crash.
Authorities in Burlington County, N.J., said an officer pulled over the 34-year-old man early Friday. But while he was being given the roadside sobriety test, a tractor-trailer crashed into the police car, which then hit the man's vehicle.
The officer was able to get out of the way but couldn't move the suspect, who died instantly.
The truck driver has been charged with drunken driving and several motor vehicle offenses.
http://www.wral.com/news/4008909/detail.html
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.
Officer Escapes Injury In Roadside Crash
POSTED: 10:00 am EST December 19, 2004
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A man who was suspected of drunken driving is dead after an ironic crash.
Authorities in Burlington County, N.J., said an officer pulled over the 34-year-old man early Friday. But while he was being given the roadside sobriety test, a tractor-trailer crashed into the police car, which then hit the man's vehicle.
The officer was able to get out of the way but couldn't move the suspect, who died instantly.
The truck driver has been charged with drunken driving and several motor vehicle offenses.
http://www.wral.com/news/4008909/detail.html
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.
