Driver admits drinking and drug use after vehicle hits police car, Fairview Heights IL


Police stopped a vehicle near Rabinow after it struck an officer's car. The driver admitted to drinking alcohol and taking pills containing cannabis. The driver is detained and sitting on the ground. An ambulance was called, but there appear to be no serious injuries. Fire and traffic units were requested for traffic control.
Audio|Source: Fairview Heights Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
We're going to throw a road.
00:03
Looks like going to be stopping near Rabinow.
00:06
I just want to be in you with Boy Robert 29165. Repeating Boy Robert 29165.
00:14
20-0.
00:16
Yep.
00:21
W.1A7. My vehicle's just been hit,
00:26
started an ambulance.
00:29
10 for, for you or the other driver?
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10.
00:41
9.27 and out.
00:49
187, start at your...
00:54
The driver tells me he's been drinking and he took some weed pills.
01:02
187-148?
01:08
You're okay and what's your location?
01:16
148-187. I was outside my vehicle.
01:19
The occupants and the vehicle I stopped seem to be okay also.
01:22
I have the driver of the Unit 1 vehicle sitting on the ground right now.
01:30
Spatch 148.
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Fairview Heights, IL
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