Impaired Driver Plows into Cop Car During Traffic Stop: Police

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An allegedly impaired Annapolis driver faces charges for crashing his van into the back of a stopped police car in Edgewater.

The accident happened Saturday night when an officer was in the midst of a traffic stop at Solomons Island Road northbound near Tarragon Road in Edgewater. The officer was in his marked patrol vehicle with its emergency lights activated on the shoulder of the road.

Authorities say a gray 1992 Dodge van drove onto the shoulder of the road and rear-ended the police vehicle. The impact shoved the police vehicle into the vehicle the officer had stopped.

The officer called for help and approached the van’s driver, Robert Salvatore Lamb, 50, of 23 Acorn Drive in Annapolis. Because of Lamb’s actions and demeanor, which police didn’t specify, the officer removed him from the vehicle.

Anne Arundel County Police have charged Lamb with driving under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance and other traffic offenses, including the “Move Over Law.” After being processed, Lamb was taken to the commissioner and was committed to the detention center with a $250,000 bond.

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