Impaired driver crashes into 3 police cruisers at accident scene

Saturday, December 19, 2020
3 police cruisers smashed at Montgomery County accident scene
Officers from Shenandoah and Oak Ridge Police Depts. were working a crash on the North Freeway when a driver slammed into three cruisers, ripping off the wheel of one of the cars.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- A driver crashed into three police cruisers Saturday morning as officers worked a previous accident on North Freeway.

It happened around 2 a.m. on I-45 near The Woodlands Parkway.

Officers from Shenandoah and Oak Ridge Police Depts. were on the scene of the earlier crash when a driver smashed into a Shenandoah police SUV, and then hit an Oak Ridge police SUV, ripping its wheel off.

The driver then hit a second police SUV belonging to Oak Ridge.

The driver was transported to a hospital with injuries. No officers were hurt.

It wasn't immediately clear what caused the driver to lose control.