Driver strikes sergeant with motorcycle in Hatillo and is arrested for drunk driving
A sergeant of the Hatillo Municipal Police suffered a knee injury after being struck by a driver on PR-130. The arrested man tested positive on a breathalyser with 0.091%.
Sergeant injured in vehicle intervention in Hatillo
A sergeant of the Hatillo Municipal Police was injured in his left knee during the early morning hours of Sunday after a driver struck him with a motorcycle during a traffic intervention on highway PR-130, at its intersection with highway 490, in the Pajil district, according to metro.pr.
Sergeant Carlos Villanueva Cordero was conducting an intervention for suspected violations of Traffic Law 22 when he ordered the operator of a yellow Qianxin motorcycle, model FY-200T, year 2023, to stop. The driver allegedly directed the vehicle towards the officer, causing him injury.
Villanueva Cordero was treated by paramedics at the scene and taken to Metro Pavía Hospital in Arecibo, where he was in stable condition.
The driver was identified as Jaime O. Recinos Lemus, 29 years old and a resident of Hatillo. Officer Ovidio Mercado, of the Hatillo district, determined that Recinos Lemus was allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
Recinos Lemus was arrested and taken to the Highway Patrol Division in Arecibo, where a breathalyser test yielded a result of 0.091%. The motorcycle was seized by police.
The case was scheduled for 30 October.
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