Suspected Drunken Driver Slams Into Police Car On I-94 In Wayne County: MSP

ROMULUS, MI — A Michigan state trooper was injured after a crash involving a suspected drunken driver Monday morning in Wayne County, according to police.

The crash happened at 1:10 a.m. in the westbound lanes on Interstate 94 near Merriman Road in Romulus, according to police.

The trooper was sitting inside her fully marked patrol vehicle with emergency lights and spotlights activated when a 32-year-old driving a 2013 Lincoln MKZ lost control and crashed into the passenger-side door of the patrol car, according to police.

The Lincoln then spun around and crashed into two other cars before stopping in the middle lanes of the freeway, according to police.

Romulus officials had to remove the trooper from the police car and took her to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Officers suspected the driver of the Lincoln was drunk and took her to a nearby hospital for a blood draw.

She was placed in jail as charges from the prosecutor were pending, according to police.

"We were extremely lucky that [there] were only minor injuries in this preventable crash," Michigan State Police First Lt. Mike Shaw said. "This crash serves as a reminder of two things. One, that if you see emergency vehicles on the side of the road to slow down and move over a lane. And two, there is never a reason to drive impaired. Ever."