Rhode Island: Officer Struck During DUI Stop
Police made a third arrest around 1 a.m. Sunday morning after a Cranston Officer was injured by the impact of his cruiser after it had been struck by a drunk driver. Steven Capobianco, 32, of Cranston, was driving on Oaklawn Avenue when his vehicle hit a police cruiser from behind as the officer was administering field sobriety tests to another driver on the side of the road. The cruiser was pushed forward and hit the officer in his hip and back. Capobianco was arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Drugs and Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test.
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