An Arizona man is accused of drunken driving and hitting the car of a Fairfax County Police Department officer who was in the middle of a traffic stop. No one was injured.
The incident happened after the officer responded to reports of a reckless driver on Interstate 95 southbound near Virginia State Route 286 about 4:15 a.m. Sunday.
The officer found the driver, initiated a traffic stop and exited his patrol car, which was then struck from behind by a GMC Sierra, police said Monday.
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Pedro Javier Patraca Jacome, 26, the driver of the GMC Sierra, is accused of being drunk at the time his car struck the patrol car.
He is charged with driving while intoxicated, refusing to take a test after driving while intoxicated, having an open container of alcohol, failure to move over for an emergency vehicle and obstruction of justice, police said.
The car that the officer initially pulled over was not struck by the GMC Sierra. The driver of that car, whom police did not name, was later released.
The suspect was taken into custody and was released on an unsecured bond, the police said.
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