A sheriff’s deputy was hurt Monday morning after a suspect, attempting to evade arrest, crashed into an Alpine fire apparatus, reports fox5sandiego.com.
Officials say, around 7 a.m. first responders received a call about a man with a medical emergency at the Chevron gas station at 1145 Tavern Rd. in Alpine. When first responders arrived at the scene, they saw sheriff’s officials confronting the 32-year-old driver—who had drug paraphernalia in plain sight, the report says.
Sheriff’s officials then asked the suspect to exit the vehicle, but he accelerated in reverse—with the door open—and hit the fire truck. En route to the collision, the ajar door hit a deputy, who was taken to the hospital for a minor nose abrasion and some shoulder pain, the report says.
The 32-year-old suspect, hailing from National City, was detained without further incident; he’s expected to face charges of DUI, assaulting an officer, and more, the report says.
No other injuries were reported.