Police: Driver Who Crashed Into Cop Was Drunk

This story was updated July 21.

A 40-year-old Chesterfield Township woman who had more than twice the state's legal limit of alcohol in her system for driving, Michigan State Police said Monday.

Joanna Carlton faces charges of operating while intoxicated and having an open intoxicant because she was drinking a cup of alcohol at the time of the crash July 11 at Green and Main streets, according to the MSP Richmond Post.

When she turned her Lincoln Navigator into the side of a New Baltimore police car sitting at the light to turn left on Hooker, the drink spilled all over her. The police officer's car was pushed about 25 feet and he was jammed into the center counsel of his car, Trooper William Rowell said.

"He knew he was going to get hit because she wasn't paying attention," said Rowell, adding her head was completely down at the time of the crash.

Police say Carlton had just come from a marina where she put her boat into the water. The boat trailer was on the SUV at the time of the accident.

The officer was treated and released at a nearby hospital for minor injuries and the other driver was uninjured at the scene.

"The officer is going to recover from minor injuries," he said.