Alleged drunk driver in speeding car kills highway patrol officer
HAYWARD, California — A California Highway Patrol officer died late Sunday night, and another was injured, when a speeding car drifted off the road and slammed into their stopped patrol car on the shoulder of southbound I-880.
Police say the 22-year-old man was drunk when he plowed his red Cadillac into the officers, and may have also been under the influence of marijuana. He could face felony charges when he’s released from the hospital, they said.
“This is not the way we wanted to celebrate Christmas Day,” Assistant Chief Ernest Sanchez told a gathering of reporters at the CHP’s Hayward office.