Woman Charged With OUI Drugs After Hitting Parked Police Cruiser

WORCESTER, MA—A woman is facing several charges after allegedly passing out at the wheel while on drugs, driving across Main Street and then smashing into a parked police cruiser.

Around 2:12 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, two officers in separate cruisers headed to a disturbance at 531 Main St., and both parked in front of 524 Main St. when they got there.

Both officers just went into the building when someone told them that a car smashed into one of the cruisers. They looked outside, and indeed, a blue Ford Escape had smashed head on into the driver's door of one of the cruisers, the driver of the Ford apparently unconscious behind the wheel, according to police.

Police found a woman slumped over in the driver's seat, with all the doors locked, and were unable to wake her by knocking. Smashing the rear window to get inside, police found several hypodermic needles throughout the inside of the car, said police. They administered Narcan with the assumption that she had overdosed on heroin.

Investigators say she was driving the Ford on Federal Street when she passed out behind the wheel and drove across all lanes of Main Street before smashing into the police cruiser.

The driver regained consciousness at the scene and transported to a local hospital for observation by Worcester EMS.

The driver, identified as Melissa Cain, 24, Brooks Street, was placed under arrest and charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle Negligently so as to Endanger and Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence of Drugs. After treatment she was released to police custody and transported to police headquarters for processing.

Cain will be arraigned at the Worcester County District Courthouse on Monday, Feb. 12.

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