Hurricane Dorian: Drunk driver crashes head-on into deputy humvee: cops

With Florida feeling the effects of Dorian, police are warning drivers to stay off the road.

One driver didn’t listen to the warnings of St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara, even driving drunk early Tuesday morning, the sheriff’s office said.

At about 5 a.m., while patrolling areas in Fort Pierce susceptible to flooding, that driver slammed into a deputy head-on. The sheriff’s office said the deputy was patrolling in a high-water humvee when hit, deputies said.

The driver admitted to being under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and was driving with a suspended license, deputies said.

Both the deputy and the driver were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Names of the driver and the deputy were not released.

“I repeat my plea to all residents to stay at home and off the roads until Dorian has completely passed our area,” Mascara said. “It is just too risky and too dangerous to be out and about.”

Miami Herald Real Time Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers breaking news, Florida theme parks and general assignment. He attends the University of Florida and grew up in Miami. Theme parks are on his mind in and out of the office.