Officer leaves crash involving cyclist, gets hit by suspected drunk driver

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According to reports, a driver failed to yield at a stop sign during a right turn and struck the cyclist. Thankfully, this man did not suffer the same fate as Gourner, but he was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Witnesses say the man ran a stop sign, which caused the crash with the cyclist. The responding officer issued the driver of the vehicle a citation.

“Just because it is a one-way street does not mean you don’t have to look both ways,” a resident posted online. “I could have hit a skateboarder yesterday if I had not looked both ways.”

Unknowingly, that officer was about to be involved in a crash of his own.

According to reports, the officer was dispatched to a different car crash. The officer was responding to that call when he was struck by a suspected drunk driver. It happened in the 1900 block of Government Street.

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The driver who allegedly caused the crash with the police officer, Gabrielle Roussel, 22, submitted to a field sobriety test. The officer claims she responded poorly, so she then submitted to a breath test, which showed that she was well over the legal limit.

The officer was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries caused by the crash.

Roussel was arrested and charged with DWI (first offense), disobey control devices, and failure to yield (left turn). She was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

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