Crime & Safety

Man Charged after Crashing Car into Three Cruisers Friday Night

Officers involved received minor injuries.

A man, who crashed into three police cruisers in Salem Friday night, causing minor injuries to officers is under arrest.

Police found 30-year-old Luis Figueroa passed out in his car on a road in a local apartment complex, and when they woke him up he took off hitting several cars before crashing head on into a police cruiser, hitting two others as he tried to get away, according to WCVB, Channel 5 Boston.

Figueroa was charged with driving while intoxicated, assault, resisting arrest and other charges according to the report.

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