FRASER, Mich. — A suspected impaired driver was arrested Tuesday morning after crashing into a fully marked Michigan State Police patrol SUV at a busy Macomb County intersection, authorities said.
According to police, the crash happened around 8:10 a.m. Dec. 23 near Kelly Road and Groesbeck Highway in Fraser. A Metro North trooper was stopped at a traffic light when a 56-year-old driver from Warren, operating a Cadillac, made a right turn from eastbound Groesbeck onto northbound Kelly Road and struck the side of the patrol vehicle.
Troopers immediately began an investigation and observed multiple signs of impairment, police said. The driver failed field sobriety tests at the scene and was arrested for operating while intoxicated (OWI). He was taken to a local hospital for a blood draw and later lodged at the Macomb County Jail.
Both vehicles sustained minor damage, and no injuries were reported.
“Impaired drivers are a danger to all of us,” said F/Lt. Mike Shaw. “If you have a couple of drinks, make sure you have a plan to get to your final destination without getting behind the wheel. There is never a reason to drive impaired, ever.”
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