Charges are expected for a driver who authorities say was drunk when he crashed his vehicle into a Michigan State Police trooperâs patrol car in Pontiac on Sunday.
According to MSP, it was at approximately 1:30 a.m. when the trooper attempted to stop a driver for a traffic violation on County Center Drive and Pontiac Lake Road.
The driver stopped his car in the middle of the intersection, police said, and then started to back up and struck the patrol car. The trooper reportedly determined the driver was impaired, with a blood alcohol content measured at .13 percent. He was lodged in the Oakland County Jail.