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Officer injured when police cruiser is struck by wrong-way driver Latifah Roldan, 31, now charged with DWI, on I-91 in Hartford, Connecticut

Date: 
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Area: 
Hartford & New Haven, CT

Rudy Lockhart, 24, and Christopher Griffiths, 25, arrested after their car rear-ends a police cruiser at Washington and High streets in Middletown, Connecticut

Date: 
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Area: 
Hartford & New Haven, CT
A 25-year-old New Britain man was charged with operating under the influence after he crashed into a Middletown police cruiser early Sunday, police said. Christopher Griffiths, 25, struck a cruiser operated by Officer Patrick Kiely at the intersection of Washington and High streets around 12:50 a.m., police said. Kiely was stopped at a red light when Griffiths struck him from behind.

Connecticut State Trooper David Lavoie, 43, charged with DUI after crashing his cruiser on State Route 44 in Ashford, Connecticut

Date: 
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Area: 
Hartford & New Haven, CT
A state police trooper is facing drunken driving charges after crashing his police cruiser in Ashford last week, according to state police. A State police spokesman said 43-year-old David Lavoie crashed on Route 44 in Ashford shortly after midnight Wednesday. Lavoie’s police cruiser was heavily damaged and the trooper was injured. He was treated Windham Hospital. After his release, Lavoie was charged with drunken driving and failure to maintain a lane, Vance said. A sergeant responding to the crash took Lavoie’s handgun and other police equipment, according to state police.