Denver Driver Hits Police Car on I-25
Kieran Nicholson writing for the Denver Post, published an article online on December 2, 2009, that begins; Driver hits police car stopped on I-25. All in all, Kieran reports that yesterday afternoon at 1:05 p.m., on I-25, a driver rear-ended a police car. The squad car was stopped at the site of an accident, according to the police. Perhaps someone could use a good Denver criminal lawyer in this case?The police officer was not in his police car when the driver hit the cruiser. The driver sustained minor injuries.The first accident that the squad car was stopped for involved a red Saturn SUV and a black Jeep Cherokee. It occurred in the southbound lanes of I-25 near 136th Avenue, according to a Westminster Police Spokesman, Trevor Materasso.Materasso explained that the police car was parked on the side of the highway. It had its over-head lights flashing. The driver of a 1989 Jeep Wrangle hit it from behind, Materasso said. Innocent untill proven guilty but in my personal opinion this smacks of some criminal activity such as drunk driving, dui, etc. I guess someone may possibly need a criminal defense layer somewhere along the line.
Materasso said the Wrangler rolled on its side after hitting the police car. The driver of the Jeep was cut out of his vehicle by firefighters.
There were no serious injuries in either accident, Materasso said. The accidents did not require the highway to be shut down.Also according to the Post, last month three Colorado state troopers, in two separate accidents, were injured while outside of their police vehicles as they attended to accidents on icy roads.
In November, two of the three troopers were seriously injured in accidents occurring during the same weekend.
Spokesman Materasso said that drivers passing accidents should slow down to give emergency workers plenty of room.