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They say truth is often stranger than fiction and that’s certain true in this case of a fatal crash with a bear turning into police being hit by a DUI driver. It all went down in California, because if a story’s this strange it either happens in the Golden State or Florida.
Watch a truck driver take a swig of his Twisted Tea right in front of a trooper.
It happened in Nevada City at about 12:30 am on September 15 when a motorist was going through a sweeping turn in a road, coming upon a bear crossing it, and was unable to stop in time. The collision killed the bear, unfortunately, and smashed the car up to the point it sat disabled in the road.
Two Nevada City officers responded to the crash, placing flares to warn drivers one of the lanes was closed. Both cruisers were also parked in the closed lane, their emergency lights going as an extra precaution. However, an allegedly drunk driver didn’t heed the warning, staying in the lane.
Those officers were both out of their squad cars and were struck by the suspect’s vehicle, throwing them off the road. A third officer was already responding to the scene, arriving less than half a minute after his colleagues were struck.
So there are three twists already to this story: a car hitting and killing a bear, the officers getting hit by a drunk driver, and another cop showing up literally right after. You might think that’s all there can be in this weird story, but you’d be wrong.
Both officers were home and recovering from getting hit by the car less than 24 hours after the accident. Both had been knocked out in the collision, but that was about it. They were lucky enough to not die, but to both have not sustained serious injuries seems to be nothing short of a miracle.
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