RUSKIN, Fla. ( WFLA ) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after officials said an alleged drunk driver slammed into his patrol car Saturday night.
Around 10:30 p.m. ET, Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a crash on SR-674 and 15th Street in Ruskin involving an unmarked Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office Chevy Tahoe. Ruskin is about 20 miles south of Tampa.
Officials said 25-year-old Uriel Garcia Nestor, of Ruskin, was driving his Ford pickup southbound on 15th street when he allegedly ran a stop sign and collided with the deputy, identified as Deputy Ivan Clark, who had been traveling westbound on SR-674.
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The crash caused the deputy’s vehicle to flip several times into the median, ejecting Deputy Clark from the vehicle, according to officials.
The sheriff’s office shared a photo of Clark’s vehicle, seen below, showing various points of damage and at least one deployed airbag.
