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Colo. driver arrested after crashing into police car during news segment

The man also grazed a crewman in the accident

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Associated Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A TV news crew in Colorado escaped serious injury after a motorist plowed through a crime scene.

KRDO-TV’s Krystal Story was giving a live report about a shooting in Colorado Springs on Tuesday when a driver barreled into a police car and grazed cameraman Pete Miller with the side mirror. The station says Story and Miller are fine.

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Police say the incident was not intentional and the driver was trying to get around other vehicles in the area.

He was arrested on a traffic warrant and issued tickets for careless driving, driving through a barricade and driving without a license.