Three people were injured early Saturday morning when a suspected drunken driver crashed into the back of a Colorado State Patrol vehicle, injuring the trooper inside and two people in the car he had pulled over, according to the agency.
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The trooper pulled over a blue Saturn Outlook on Interstate 70 near Watkins shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol. The Saturn driver — who was driving in the left lane without passing other cars — stopped for the trooper in the left lane, and the trooper told her to move onto the shoulder, according to the agency.
As the two were parking on the shoulder, a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed into the back of the trooper’s patrol vehicle, pushing it forward into the Saturn, state patrol officials said.
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Paramedics took the trooper and two people inside the Saturn, a teenage girl and a 44-year-old woman who were not publicly identified, to the hospital, according to the agency. All three were released from the hospital later that morning.
The Jeep driver, a 47-year-old woman from Byers, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, state patrol officials said.
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