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Difficulties Face DUI Arresting Officers

By Michael

The police often find themselves in unexpected – and sometimes dangerous – situations, especially when it comes to DUI arrests. This week featured a number of unfortunate interactions between police and those charged with drunk driving. In Massachusetts, a trooper was hit by a car driven by an allegedly drunk driver, and it sent him to the hospital. He was recently released from the hospital, but the driver will face arraignment in court, according to the News Telegram. Captain Frank Hughes was in an intersection directing traffic around midnight after a concert and fireworks show on the fourth of July. The crash threw the trooper onto the hood of the driver?s Nissan Maxima. The driver did not stop for the trooper, even after he caused what a spokesman called ?serious injuries...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on July 25, 2010 (boomark / email).