A Boston police officer has been charged with drunken driving after he was concerned in a crash that injured one other off-duty officer.
The crash occurred shortly after midnight Tuesday, in keeping with Massachusetts State Police mentioned. Troopers on a visitors cease mentioned they witnessed a crash involving two autos on Route 3 south in Weymouth.
Preliminary investigation indicated {that a} 2023 Nissan Frontier misplaced management, hanging an SUV, which was later recognized as an unmarked Boston police cruiser. The impression despatched the cruiser throughout the lanes of visitors, off the highway, and into the tree line.
The cruiser was pushed by an off-duty Boston police officer driving house after his shift, state police mentioned. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Upon additional investigation, the driving force of the Nissan displayed indicators of impairment and was positioned below arrest and charged with working below the affect (liquor), negligent operation of a motorcar, a marked lanes violation, failure to sign, and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motorcar.
The driving force of the Nissan was recognized by state police as Stephen O’Connell, 38, of Hanover. They mentioned O’Connell is a Boston Police officer.
O’Connell was booked on the Norwell barracks and launched by a bail commissioner on his personal private recognizance to seem at a later date at Quincy District Courtroom.
NBC10 Boston has reached out to Boston police for touch upon O’Connell’s arrest.
