JohnCenaFan28
11-27-2008, 12:59 AM
A US man was accused of drink driving after a police chase that ended with him running over himself.
The 21-year-old was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and then charged with driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer and careless driving.
Police were alerted by a tip to New Mexico's DrunkBuster hotline which allows people to report drink drivers anonymously.
State Police Officer Grace Romero spotted the man's pick-up truck swerving across both lanes of a highway, driving slowly and then fast. He refused to stop.
After narrowly missing other vehicles, police said the suspect drove through a ditch and a barbed-wire fence before stopping. He tried to put the truck into park, but it ended up in reverse.
Police said the man fell from the open door of his truck and both of his legs were run over by the front driver's side tyre.
"We took him to the hospital," Senior Patrolman Romero told KRQE. "It took six of us to get him out of the ambulance. He was very combative."
-Nova
The 21-year-old was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and then charged with driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer and careless driving.
Police were alerted by a tip to New Mexico's DrunkBuster hotline which allows people to report drink drivers anonymously.
State Police Officer Grace Romero spotted the man's pick-up truck swerving across both lanes of a highway, driving slowly and then fast. He refused to stop.
After narrowly missing other vehicles, police said the suspect drove through a ditch and a barbed-wire fence before stopping. He tried to put the truck into park, but it ended up in reverse.
Police said the man fell from the open door of his truck and both of his legs were run over by the front driver's side tyre.
"We took him to the hospital," Senior Patrolman Romero told KRQE. "It took six of us to get him out of the ambulance. He was very combative."
-Nova