Texting driver slams into Boise patrol car

A texting driver crashed into the back of a parked Boise patrol car at over 60 miles per hour. The incident occurred in Meridian, a town just west of Boise, Idaho.

The force of the crash sent the cruiser sliding about 200 feet down the highway. It skidded to a stop just shy of another police car parked on the shoulder.

Sargent Lori Sperry says nobody was in the patrol car when it was hit. The texting driver was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Meridian with minor injuries.

The accident smashed the tail end of the cruiser, leaving a three-foot crater and totaling the vehicle. The texting driver's Corsica was also totaled, scraping to a stop in the far left lane.

The driver had been drinking, but his blood alcohol level was under the legal limit.

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