A Florida Highway Patrol sergeant was hit by a suspected drunken driver while transporting another person charged with drunken driving to jail on Friday, authorities said.
Sgt. Janice Drake, 35, received minor injuries but was not taken to the hospital. Her passenger was not injured.
Luis Reyes, 24, was charged with DUI, DUI property damage, leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and driving without a valid license.
Reyes was driving a 1999 Ford Ranger the wrong way west on Hillsborough Avenue at about 11:30 p.m., said Sgt. Steve Gaskins, spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol. As he approached Highland Avenue on the Hillsborough River Bridge, Reyes hit a 1996 Mercedes driven by Anne Morisseau, 48, head-on, Gaskins said. His vehicle then rotated and collided with Drake's patrol car, which was headed east on Hillsborough Avenue, Gaskins said.
Morisseau received minor injuries but was not taken to the hospital.
Reyes ran from the crash and later was found hiding in an abandoned home, Gaskins said. He was being held without bail at the Orient Road Jail.
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