Crime & Safety
Intoxicated Driver Injured Trooper In Bethany: PD
The driver was over three times the legal BAC limit, police said.
BETHANY, CT — A Waterbury man was arrested after he struck a police cruiser that was parked on the side of the road in Bethany early Tuesday.
A trooper was stopped with emergency lights on on the side of Route 69 near Gaylord Mountain Road for a traffic stop. A Buick Lesabree rear-ended and sideswiped the police cruiser.
The police cruiser was disabled by damage and the trooper inside. The offending vehicle fled the scene, police said.
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Troopers responded and stopped the vehicle. Operator Anthony Waiters, 32, told police he kept driving because he was scared, police said. He failed field sobriety tests and a BAC test showed he was nearly three times over the legal limit.
He was charged with DUI, evading responsibility and improper passing.
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