Woman cited for DUI after crash during police stop

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An Alpharetta woman was arrested on a driving under the influence charge after her SUV crashed into an Alpharetta police traffic stop Jan. 17, damaging two patrol vehicles, police said.

Alpharetta police said two officers were conducting the traffic stop on northbound Ga. 400 at the Haynes Bridge Road off-ramp about 1:41 a.m. An SUV driven by the 45-year-old woman allegedly struck an unoccupied patrol vehicle with her vehicle.

The collision pushed the patrol vehicle into a second police vehicle. That vehicle was occupied by a 39-year-old officer, a woman who was present for a ride-along and Axel, a K-9 in the rear compartment.

Another officer was standing at the front-passenger-side tire of the occupied patrol vehicle. The officers, woman and K-9 were not injured in the crash…

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