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Northeast police officer's patrol vehicle hit by drunk driver Sunday, police say

No injuries were reported in the crash. Northeast police said that "all parties in the crash received medical attention and were released."




Credit: Denton jail



Author: Jake Harris
Published: 7:09 PM CDT June 28, 2020
Updated: 7:09 PM CDT June 28, 2020

A drunk driver hit a Northeast Police Department vehicle early Sunday morning right after a separate Northeast police officer arrested another DWI suspect, police said.

One Northeast officer was helping another Northeast officer with a DWI traffic stop in the 5100 block of East University Drive in Denton along U.S. 380 around 4 a.m., police said. The first officer left the scene after arresting a suspect.




The second officer stayed to finish doing an inventory of the drunk driver's car that was being towed. That officer got back into his police vehicle when the vehicle was hit from behind by a drunk driver who didn't have his headlights on, Northeast police said.



No injuries were reported in the crash. Northeast police said that "all parties in the crash received medical attention and were released."

The Denton Police Department responded to help the Northeast officer involved in the crash. After conducting a field sobriety test on 28-year-old Pedro Castro-Gonzalez, who admitted to having three beers, Denton police arrested Castro-Gonzalez on a DWI charge and took him to the Denton jail after he consented to providing a blood sample.

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Northeast Police Department

June 28 at 3:11 PM ·

***NEPD OFFICER / UNIT STRUCK BY DWI***
A Northeast Police Officer was assisting another NEPD officer on a Traffic Stop, along US HWY 380, where an arrest for DWI was made.
After the initial officer left the scene with his DWI arrest, our second officer and his patrol unit were struck by another intoxicated driver.
The officer that was hit had just completed an inventory of the vehicle that was being towed related to the first DWI arrest. Our officer had just entered his patrol unit, when the second impaired driver, who was driving without headlights, struck the back of the police vehicle.
Thankfully, our officer was inside his vehicle and the patrol unit was appropriately positioned.
The patrol vehicle that was struck, was parked providing protection for a tow-truck driver, who was loading the vehicle involved in the original stop.
All parties in the crash received medical attention and were released.
The crash investigation and (second) DWI arrest was conducted by the City of Denton Police Department.








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City of Denton Police Department

June 29 at 12:28 PM ·

We can’t stress this enough… If you’re going to drink, STAY HOME. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured in this crash. #DWIFreeDenton