Accused DUI driver hits trooper patrol car in Pinellas County traffic zone: FHP
SEMINOLE, Fla. - A Canadian man was arrested Monday evening after troopers say he was driving under the influence when he crashed into the side of a patrol car.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Wayne Murray Cole, 75, was traveling eastbound on Park Boulevard around 8 p.m.
Troopers say he traveled into a well-marked construction zone just west of 141st Street North and slammed into passenger side of a marked FHP patrol car that was parked in the left lane, behind traffic cones.
Post-impact, the driver continued eastbound and was stopped a short time later by a trooper.
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FHP says nobody was injured in the crash.
Cole, who troopers say had a breath sample was .092, was later arrested for DUI.