NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE SAY A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC COLLISION WAS PREVENTED SATURDAY NIGHT ON I-25 IN ALBUQUERQUE. LT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB AN ALLEGEDLY DRUNK DRIVER WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE…AND HE REFUSED TO STOP. SHE SAYS A STATE POLICE SERGEANT THEN USED HIS PATROL CAR TO PUSH THE DRUNK DRIVER’S VEHICLE AGAINST THE CONCRETE BARRIER, FORCING IT TO STOP.
THE DRIVER IS IDENTIFIED AS 30 YEAR OLD JUSTIN WHITE OF ALBUQUERQUE. HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DWI AND RECKLESS DRIVING.
