Drunken Driver Hit Police Cruiser In Mentor: Police

MENTOR, OH — A driver hit a police cruiser on State Route 2 in Mentor on Monday morning.

At approximately 1:30 a.m., Mentor police were on State Route 2 investigating a one-car accident. Four cruisers were on the route, blocking the two right lanes.

A 35-year-old woman from Painesville was driving in the center lane, going west, when she crashed her 2014 Kia Sorento into a police cruiser's side, a Mentor official said. The cruiser was pushed into another police cruiser.

The woman then drove into the center median wall.

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Both police cruisers were empty when they were hit, according to city officials. No officers were hurt in the crash.

The woman suffered some "minor" injuries, a city official said, but now faces charges for operating a vehicle impaired and failure to control her car.

Part of State Route 2 was closed while officers investigated both crashes. The highway fully reopened at 2:30 a.m.