Palm Coast woman crashes SUV into stopped police cars

The woman was drunk when she struck multiple patrol cars on the shoulder of the road, according to the Sheriff's Office.

By Observer Staff
| 11:06 a.m. July 31, 2023

A Palm Coast woman hit two FBPD and one FCSO vehicles while allegedly driving under the influence. Photo courtesy of the FCSO

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A drunk 29-year-old Palm Coast woman crashed into several marked police cars that were conducting a traffic stop on July 29, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened at 2:29 a.m. on the shoulder of State Road 100 east of Connecticut Avenue, where a Flagler County Sheriff's Office SUV and two Flagler Beach Police Department vehicles had pulled over for the traffic stop, according to an FHP report and a Facebook post by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

The woman failed to move over for the police cars and sideswiped the left front of the FCSO SUV, then hit the left side of an FBPD pickup truck. The impact sent the pickup truck into the rear of the other FBPD SUV.

One of the FBPD officers was in his SUV when it was hit. The officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, the Facebook post and FHP report said.

The Palm Coast woman was arrested on DUI and property damage charges.