WSP Trooper rear-ended by impaired driver Dec. 10
WSP courtesy photo - The driver of this vehicle was the only one who escaped injury after running into the back of a WSP patrol car Sunday.
Okanogan — Washington State Patrol Trooper Conner Bruchman sustained minor injuries when he was rear-ended by an impaired driver on US 97 MP 286 near Okanogan on Sunday, Dec. 10 at about 6:10p.m.
Trooper Bruchman was traveling northbound at about 55 miles per hour, following slower traffic, when 18-year-old Dakota Simpson of Okanogan, also northbound, rear-ended him.
The Trooper was treated and released at Mid Valley Hospital in Okanogan and will be recovering at home for the next couple days.
According to WSP, a Drug Recognition Expert conducted an evaluation of Simpson and concluded he was under the influence of cannabis and a depressant at the time of the collision.
Simpson was not injured and was arrested and booked into Okanogan County Jail for DUI.
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