Two California Highway Patrol officers were injured when they used their patrol vehicle to stop a DUI suspect traveling in the wrong direction on the 10 Freeway in Pomona Thursday morning.
The events began just before 2:30 a.m. as a vehicle was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes on the 10 Freeway near Milliken Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga.
Officers were dispatched to stop the driver who was “creating a hazardous situation for oncoming traffic,” the CHP stated in a news release.
A traffic break was put in place on the eastbound 10 just east of the 57 Freeway in Pomona as the suspect continued heading in the wrong direction.
“Officers used their patrol vehicle to intentionally collide with the wrong-way driver’s vehicle, successfully causing it to spin out. The wrong-way vehicle then struck another civilian vehicle before coming to a complete stop,” the CHP stated.
The impact also caused the patrol vehicle to hit the concrete center divider, injuring the two officers who still got out and assessed the innocent driver involved in the secondary crash with minor injuries.
The wrong-way driver was not identified but was described as a 22-year-old man from Pomona. The man was ultimately arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, the CHP stated.
The officers were later transported to a local hospital to be assessed and treated for minor injuries sustained in the crash.
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