By Jackie Smith
mlive.com
BRIGHTON, Mich. — A driver was arrested over the weekend after pushing a patrol vehicle into a lane of travel on Interstate 96, according to video released by police on Monday.
A deputy with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a vehicle stopped on I-96 near Spencer Road late Friday, Nov. 21, in Brighton.
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According to a release on Monday, Nov. 24, the driver initially appeared to be passed out in the vehicle while stopped in a lane of travel with his foot on the brake and the car in drive. Upon waking up, police said he refused multiple commands to put the vehicle in park and exit.
Video shared on Monday on the sheriff’s office Facebook page shows the driver instead accelerating, pushing the deputy’s vehicle into an adjacent lane of traffic.
The deputy first pulled up behind the vehicle while stopped, and after local fire personnel appeared to pull along side the male subject’s car, the deputy maneuvered in front of the subject’s car. Screeching tires can be heard briefly through the video, captured by a rear-vehicle camera.
Once the driver stopped, the deputy and other arriving police approached the vehicle. According to police, the subject continued to argue with deputies before he was physically removed from the car and arrested.
The Brighton Police Department assisted in arresting the driver, who was not identified, before he was lodged in Livingston County Jail on suspicion of operating while intoxicated. The sheriff’s department used the video as a reminder of the dangers of drunk driving.
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