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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Suspected drunk driver arrested after crashing into fire truck and medical helicopter
McKinley County Sheriffs Office deputies responded to a crash early on
Sunday morning after a suspected drunk driver crashed into a medical
helicopter and a fire truck on Highway 566 near Gallup in New Mexico.
Deputies say a landing zone for a medical transport helicopter had been
set up by the fire department for transport of a patient from a separate
crash on Navajo route 1149, when the reported drunk driver went around
the barricade on Highway 566 crashing into the helicopter and fire
truck.
The helicopter was unoccupied, not running and rotors were not spinning,
according to McKinely County Sheriff’s Office.
McKinley County sheriff’s say the suspected drunk driver, identified as
26-year-old Glenn Livingston of Gallup, has been arrested.
He faces several charges,
including aggravated DWI, driving with an open container of alcohol
inside his car and resisting, evading and or obstructing an officer.
No injuries were reported at the time of the crash. The patient made it
safely to the hospital.
MCSO says all vehicles involved were rendered inoperable and towed from
the crash scene.
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