By Police1 Staff
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol released video of a drunk driver crashing into troopers conducting a separate DUI investigation.
Troopers Sebastian Vo pulled over Osman Fuentez Hernandez, 29, for suspicion of DUI after the vehicle was discovered traveling in the wrong lane on May 27, Northwest Florida Daily News reported. Trooper Chad Lynch and an Escambia County sheriff’s deputy were assisting with the investigation.
Lynch removed Hernandez from the vehicle while Vo was working in his patrol car when Vincent Pluas, 32, crashed into a patrol car causing a chain reaction crash.
Pluas’ vehicle struck the rear of the Escambia County patrol car, pushing it into the driver’s side door of Vo’s patrol car, injuring Vo, the publication reported. The Escambia patrol car then collided with Lynch and Hernandez.
The troopers and two suspects were transported to a local hospital where Lynch was treated for serious injuries. Vo and Pluas were treated for minor injuries. The deputy was not injured.
Plaus was charged with felony DUI with serious bodily injuries, felony driving while license suspended, reckless driving, no proof of insurance, failure to register vehicle and DUI with property damage. Hernandez is still under investigation for DUI.