A suspected drunken driver went through a road block and around two fire trucks before plowing into a medical helicopter at the scene of a separate accident early Sunday.
Glenn Livingston, 26, of Gallup, New Mexico, is charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest and other charges, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
The newspaper reported that the helicopter was at the scene of a rollover crash to transport a patient to a hospital. The barricade and fire trucks were set up to protect the helicopter while its crew worked to stabilize the patient and get him loaded up.
They had not yet loaded the patient when Livingston hit one of the fire trucks and the helicopter, the Journal reported.
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All of the vehicles involved, including the helicopter, had to be towed from the scene.
A helicopter responding to a rollover on HW 566 was struck by a suspected drunk driver this morning.
Posted by Ted Velas on Sunday, October 23, 2016
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KOAT-TV in Albuquerque reported that the victim in the initial crash was taken to a hospital by ambulance and is expected to recover.
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