Personal Injury Law

DUI to Hospital - and who is paying the bill? The taxpayer!

By Edward Bills

At 11:49 pm on 5/7/2010 Colorado Springs Police Dispatch was notified of a disturbance in the parking lot on Potter Dr. involving a DUI driver who had run into several parked vehicles in the complex parking lot. As officers arrived they observed a vehicle leaving the complex that matched the description of the suspect vehicle involved in the disturbance. Officers observed the vehicle run the stop sign at San Miguel St. and continue southbound. As officers attempted to catch up with the suspect vehicle the officers observed the vehicle run the red light at Galley Rd. The suspect vehilce then rear-ended a parked vehicle. The driver of the suspect vehicle had to be removed from the vehicle by Fire Department Medical and was then transported to Memorial Hospital- Central. The driver was taken to surgery for serious, non-life threatening, injuries.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on May 08, 2010 (boomark / email).