Highway patrol: Habitual drunk driver on probation hits Johnston sheriff's deputy in head-on crash
Officials said that a drunk driver with a suspended license hit two cars on Friday night while driving on N.C. Highway 210, just outside of Smithfield.
Posted — UpdatedThe man is accused of hitting two cars on Friday night while driving on N.C. Highway 210, just outside of Smithfield, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
One of the cars struck was a Johnston County Sheriff's Office lieutenant.
Both the deputy and the drunk driver were transported to a local hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.
The driver was on probation and had his license suspended permanently because of three previous driving while impaired charges, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. His most recent charge was for March 30.
The man was charged with driving while impaired, reckless driving, driving while having a revoked license for a DWI, not wearing a seatbelt, driving without insurance and driving with an unregistered vehicle.
The name of the alleged drunk driver has not yet been released.
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