Distracted driver crashes into DPS vehicle

Name: Distracted driver crashes into DPS vehicle
Uploaded: 2024-01-19T14:25:24Z
Duration: 50 s
Description: The incident happened on Jan. 6. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says troopers were closing a lane of traffic on Interstate 17 due to a crash. The troopers had their lights out and put out a flare. A sergeant saw a vehicle approaching the closure at a high rate of speed, and the driver hit the DPS vehicle, narrowly missing the sergeant. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

The incident happened on Jan. 6. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says troopers were closing a lane of traffic on Interstate 17 due to a crash. The troopers had their lights out and put out a flare. A sergeant saw a vehicle approaching the closure at a high rate of speed, and the driver hit the DPS vehicle, narrowly missing the sergeant. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Posted January 19, 2024 7:25am MST