Michigan: Macomb deputies giving DUI ticket hit by 2nd drunk driver
Two Macomb County Sheriff's Office police cruisers and a car they pulled over for suspected drunken driving were hit by a se cond drunken driver Saturday in Macomb Township, authorities said.
County dispatchers broadcast an alert for a possible drunken driver going southbound on Romeo Plank in a Ford Mustang about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. A deputy spotted the car and stopped it on Romeo Plank near 22 Mile.
The driver, a 20-year-old man from Sterling Heights was arrested and placed in the back of a patrol car.
Meanwhile, a second drunken driver — a 20-year-old Macomb Township man — drove past in a Mercury Mountaineer and sideswiped the two sheriffs' cars and the Mustang, pushing it into a ditch, the sheriff's office said. The SUV also stopped in a ditch.
No one was hurt. One of the patrol cars was taken out of service because of the damage, the sheriff's office said.
Both drivers were taken to the county jail, where they had identical 0.17% blood-alcohol content Breathalyzer results. The legal limit for an adult driver in Michigan is 0.08%. Both were charged with operating while intoxicated with a high BAC, first offense, the sheriff's office said.
It did not name the drivers in a release.
In a separate incident about 9:25 p.m. Sunday, a deputy eastbound on Hall Road near Card saw a Saturn driving erratically, hitting curbs and causing a traffic hazard.
The deputy stopped Justin E. Blackman, 31, of Waterford and arrested him for being under the influence. He had a suspended driver's license and two prior convictions for operating while intoxicated, according to the sheriff's office. His Breathalyzer results showed a BAC of 0.24%, according to the sheriff's office.
He was charged with third-offense operating while intoxicated, a felony, and driving with a suspended license, second offense. He was arraigned today and ordered held in the county jail on a $100,000 cash bond, the sheriff's office said. He remained in the jail. His next court date is Oct. 21.
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