Two Police Officers Injured in Collision During DWI Traffic Stop

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Two Fairfax County police officers were injured Sunday night when one of their cars was hit by an alleged drunk driver while they were questioning another alleged drunk driver.

Both officers were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a police report.

The accident occurred at 11:30 p.m. Sunday on the Fairfax County Parkway near the intersection with Sugarland Valley Drive. The two officers were on a traffic stop, conducting DWI sobriety tests on a driver.

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At that time, a 2003 Toyota sedan driven by Alfred Jorge Guillen Escobari of Sterling struck the rear of a police cruiser, causing it to strike the rear of a second police car at the scene, the police report said.

The momentum from the initial impact caused the second cruiser to move forward, striking both officers.

The driver who was pulled over in the initial traffic stop, John B. St. Pierre, 44, of Vienna, was charged with driving while intoxicated, police said. Escobari, 23, was also charged with DWI.

Neither of the motorists who were arrested required medical attention, police said.