A Groton police officer was taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries after she was hit by a driver who police said was drunk, on a cell phone and going the wrong way on New Year’s Eve, according to police.
Police said the driver who hit the officer had a blood alcohol content of more than .20, which is more than twice the legal limit.
The officer was stopping at a stop sign at School Street and Noank Road in the Mystic section of Groton around 7:50 p.m. after conducting an unrelated motor vehicle stop when a 25-year-old Waterford woman in a 2016 Jeep Compass going the wrong way in the eastbound shoulder and sidewalk of Noank Road hit her cruiser, police said.
Police said the airbag deployed during the crash, injuring the officer's wrist and face, and she treated was at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, then released.
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The driver who hit the officer was not injured, police said.
She failed standardized field sobriety tests and breath samples showed a blood alcohol content of more than .20, which is more than twice the legal limit, police said.
She was charged with operating under the influence, failing to maintain lane, operating a motor vehicle while using a cellphone, operating a motor vehicle on a sidewalk and reckless driving.
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She was held on bond, but posted it.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Groton Police are investigating and ask anyone who saw the crash to call (860) 441-6712.
