COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — On Tuesday morning, a suspected drunk driver hit the back of a Commerce City police car on I-270 near Vasquez Boulevard.
“Officers were on 270 handling a separate call. While they were on that call, a suspected DUI driver drove into the back of one of our patrol cars ,” said Commerce City Police Department Traffic Sergeant Nicholas Arias. “When that happened, our patrol officer was inside and did sustain injury from this crash.”
The crash comes as a sobering reminder of what can happen when someone chooses to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after drinking alcohol.
It’s because of this that more than 80 law enforcement agencies across the state plan to increase patrols on New Year’s Eve as they look to get impaired drivers off the roads.
Denver7 “We’re looking at law enforcement officers from sheriff’s offices, police departments across the state. I think people can expect saturation patrols in certain areas of town,” said Sam Cole, the Traffic Safety Manager with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).