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A Virginia state trooper is recovering after an impaired driver hit her patrol automobile whereas she was stopped with one other motorist for allegedly driving underneath the affect.
Virginia State Police mentioned Trooper C. Aziz responded to a sedan stopped within the northbound lane of Interstate 495 in Fairfax County at round 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
The motive force of the sedan was nonetheless contained in the automobile and refusing to cooperate with the trooper’s requests to exit or transfer the automobile to safer location, state police mentioned.
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Virginia State Police trooper C. Aziz was hit by an impaired driver early Tuesday morning whereas stopping a separate motorist for driving underneath the affect. (Virginia State Police)
Whereas Aziz was coping with the sedan driver, a Jeep Cherokee struck a tractor-trailer that was stopped in a journey lane due to the place the sedan had stopped.
The Jeep hit the tractor-trailer so arduous that it spun round and struck the trooper’s patrol automobile, which induced the patrol automobile to hit the sedan that was pulled over and the trooper, who was standing exterior the sedan’s driver-side door.
Dashcam footage from the trooper’s patrol automobile confirmed the incident, which “amazingly” solely left the trooper with minor accidents, police mentioned. She was taken to Fairfax INOVA Hospital to be evaluated.
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Trooper C. Aziz was helping one other motorist believed to be driving underneath the affect when she was hit by an impaired driver on Interstate 495. (Virginia State Police)
The motive force of the Jeep was recognized as Joanna Hatch, 35. She was arrested for driving drunk, police mentioned.
Erica Bernard, 43, was the driving force of the sedan stopped on the aspect of the interstate and she or he was additionally arrested. She faces costs of driving underneath the affect of medicine, obstruction, possession of a schedule 1 or 2 substance, refusal of a breathalyzer/blood take a look at and improperly stopping a automobile on a freeway.
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Each Hatch and Bernard have been taken to the Fairfax County Grownup Detention Middle.
Virginia State Police automobile hit by impaired driver whereas trooper conducts cease for separate DUI
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