Well, we suppose that’s one way to turn yourself in. Out of all the places to cause an accident, a drunk driver of a tractor trailer struck a police cruiser that was parked in the lot of a police station in Massachusetts. The man actually attempted to flee from the scene, but as you might expect, he didn’t get very far.
Tractor trailer driver crashed in front of police barracks
On August 3, 50-year-old Timothy Dorsey from Pensacola, Florida, drunkenly drove a white tractor trailer straight into a police cruiser in front of Strubridge Barracks, according to a post by the Massachusetts State Police on its official Facebook page.
Open 24 hours, the station oversees a patrol area that covers twelve towns in the state along the Connecticut border and is situated on Route 20 right next to Route 84.
Fortunately, no trooper was in the vehicle at the time of the accident, though the impact was so strong that the cruiser was pushed into the curb and straight into a light pole. Pictures accompanying the social media post show the front left side of the gray and blue cruiser heavily smashed, ironically resting next to a “DO NOT ENTER” sign.
After the collision, Dorsey continued to through the shrubbery and tried going behind the barracks in an apparent attempt to flee, according to police. Troopers at the station swiftly stopped the vehicle. They observed that the driver was “unsteady on his feet, had glassy eyes, and detected an odor of alcohol on his breath.”
The drunk driver was charged with operating under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of property damage, and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. He was arrested and transported to Dudley District Court for arraignment.
As embarrassing as this incident likely was for the driver, commenters believe it was fortunate that he crashed at the police station. One wrote, “That’s actually good that he did it there and not on the pike or 20 and killed people.”
