Drunken Cape Cod Man Hit Car, Threatened Officers: Police

YARMOUTH, MA – A Cape Cod man was drunk when he crashed into a pickup truck and became aggressive with responding officers, police said. Police were called to Route 28 around 8:30 p.m. after an SUV was seen driving "all over the road" and stopping in the middle of the street, according to Yarmouth police.

Responding officers saw the SUV collide with a blue Chevy Avalanche while trying to take a left turn onto Route 28 eastbound, police said. The Chevy went up onto the curb after it was hit, and the other truck continued eastbound on Route 28, according to police.

When the SUV stopped, the driver, 50-year-old Brendan Murphy, allegedly told officers he did not realize he hit another car or that police were trying to pull him over. Murphy, of South Yarmouth, smelled like alcohol, had glassy and bloodshot eyes and slurred and mumbled speech, police said.

After failing the field sobriety tests, Murphy became "angry and aggressive," according to police.

"He refused verbal commands and threatened the Police Officers who feared they were going to be struck or pushed into oncoming traffic as he came towards them," Yarmouth police said in a statement.

Murphy was brought to the ground and placed under arrest. He was charged with operating under the influence of liquor, operating a motor vehicle to endanger, failure to use care in turning and assault.

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