Driver Makes Illegal Interstate U-Turn Into Patrol Car
POSTED: 8:54 am EDT May 13,
2008
UPDATED: 9:17 am EDT May 13,
2008
The driver of an SUV made an illegal U-turn on a major highway on Monday and crashed into a fully marked police car in the process, investigators said.Police said Lugene Smith, 70, was traveling south on Interstate 95 when he turned into a paved area within a grassy median marked "For Emergency Vehicles Only" and smashed into a trooper driving in northbound traffic in Delaware.Smith, of Pleasantville, N.J., was cited for traffic violations.
No injuries were reported.
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