Trooper hit by suspected drunk driver on I-405

A State Trooper and a man he was trying to arrest were hit by a suspected drunk driver on Interstate 405 in Bellevue late Thursday.Both men were injured, but were expected to recover.Trooper Julie Startup said the trooper who was hit had stopped the driver of a BMW for investigation of DUI on northbound 405 near SR-520 at about 11:45 p.m. As the trooper was arresting the BMW driver, another driver slammed into the back of the trooper’s patrol car, pushing the BMW into its driver and the trooper.Trooper Michael Porter was thrown against a barrier and suffered serious injuries to his leg where he was hit by the BMW, Startup said. The other man who was hit was briefly pinned under one of the vehicles.”This is a very scary situation,” Startup said. “We’re very, very fortunate this morning to not have lost one of our troopers.”The driver who crashed into the patrol car, a 26-year-old Shoreline woman, was critically injured.Startup said the woman will likely be booked into jail for View full post on “drunk” News