MULTIPLE INJURIES THURSDAY WHEN POLICE SAY A MAN DRIVING A STOLEN PICKUP, ALLEGEDLY WHILE DRUNK, CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AT CENTRAL AND ZUNI IN ALBUQUERQUE. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE PICKUP WAS WESTBOUND ON CENTRAL WHEN THE DRIVER TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE SAYS THEY COLLIDED, FORCING THE VEHICLES INTO A MARKED POLICE CAR AND BLACK SEDAN SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WAITING FOR THEIR LIGHT TO CHANGE.
TIXIER SAYS NOT ONLY WAS 43 YEAR OLD RAYBURN APACHE DRUNK, HE HAD A REVOKED LICENSE, AND HAD A WARRANT FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. AN APD OFFICER AND A PREGNANT WOMAN WERE AMONG THOSE HURT…BUT THEIR INJURIES WERE NOT CRITICAL.
