Drunk driver allegedly hits deputy, squad cars
Published 10:24 am Monday, September 12, 2011
A 45-year-old rural Brownsdale man was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly hitting two squad cars and a deputy with his vehicle while he was intoxicated.
Sheriff Terese Amazi said a Brownsdale police car and Mower County deputy’s car were parked in the 100 block of Highway 56 in Brownsdale around 1:45 a.m. Saturday morning when David Allen Strickland reportedly crashed into the Brownsdale squad car.
Amazi said the squad car then hit the deputy’s car. According to the police report, Strickland’s vehicle ran into the deputy.
The deputy was not injured.
Strickland allegedly fled the scene and headed down Highway 56, driving at speeds around 100 mph. The officers whose vehicles had been hit caught up with Strickland about two miles away from the scene of the crash.
Strickland could face charges of DWI, second-degree assault, fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle and possession of prescription drugs.