An off-duty Detroit police officer ended last Friday in handcuffs after a late-night hit-and-run crash in Sterling Heights that left a teen driver’s car mangled but everyone thankfully unhurt, authorities said. The collision happened just before midnight near Metropolitan Parkway and Van Dyke Avenue, and investigators say the other driver took off instead of stopping at the scene. Officers later tracked the vehicle by its license plate to a nearby home, arrested the woman and booked her into the Macomb County Jail while they wait on blood test results.
According to FOX 2 Detroit, the crash happened around 11:45 p.m. when a woman driving a blue 2026 Toyota Camry turned into the path of a 17-year-old who was heading eastbound on Metropolitan Parkway with a green light. The impact shoved the teen’s vehicle into a nearby fire hydrant, but no injuries were reported. FOX 2 Detroit reported that sources confirmed the driver is an off-duty Detroit police officer, whose name is being withheld until she is formally arraigned.
Sterling Heights officers told investigators they were able to pull the Camry’s license plate number, which led them to a residence where they found the damaged car and the suspected driver, according to CBS Detroit. Police arrested the woman on suspicion of operating while impaired and booked her into the Macomb County Jail pending the outcome of a blood test…