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Palm Beach County, FL (December 12, 2018) - A deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office suffered injuries in a crash with a drunk driver. The incident happened on Wednesday, December 12th around 3:30 am.
Authorities were called to the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and State Road 7 in reference to the crash. According to police, a pickup truck was traveling northbound on SR 7 when it struck the deputy's vehicle from behind. The female deputy, Lenny Chiquito-Rodriguez, was waiting at a stop light when her car was struck. The deputy's vehicle then collided with a 2016 Ford Mustang which was stopped directly in front of the police cruiser at the stop light.
Chiquito-Rodriguez was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. She sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Charges are pending against the driver although police have not specified the nature of the charges at this time.
Over 400,000 car accidents will be reported in Florida this year. More than half of these crashes will involve injury or serious injury to one or more individuals involved in the crash. Unfortunately, crashes involving impaired drivers frequently result in injuries to innocent victims. At Rubenstein Law, we frequently see the damage and destruction that drunk drivers cause on our streets and highways.
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