Four patrol cars were struck by impaired drivers between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, according to WSP. No one was injured.
KING COUNTY, Wash. — Four Washington State Patrol (WSP) vehicles were struck by impaired drivers within four hours last weekend, according to the agency.
All four collisions occurred between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
“This is a glaring example of the dangers troopers face on the roadways every day, and these collisions could have one hundred percent (100%) been avoided!” The agency wrote in a press release. “These two drivers made a choice to get behind the wheel impaired and put several lives in danger.”
The first incident happened around 11 p.m. when a trooper was stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of state Route 516 and Military Road.
The trooper noticed that the driver at the wheel of a car stopped at …