According to Virginia State Police, an officer from Roanoke is facing charges of driving under the influence after he wrecked his police cruiser in Pulaski County on the night of Saturday, February 23.
Shortly after 10:00 p.m. Saturday night was when the wreck took place. Sgt. Mike Conroy, a spokesman for Virginia state police, says that approximately six minutes before the crash happened, they received a 911 call concerning an erratically driven vehicle.
According to Conroy, Officer Andrew Page hit a guard rail after running off the road. The wreck caused his marked Roanoke police car, a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria, to be totaled. Conroy said that Page, in plain clothes at the time, gave investigators his full cooperation. According to court documents, he took a breathalyzer test and was shown to have a blood alcohol content of 0.16, double the legal limit of 0.08.
Page suffered minor injuries in the wreck and required no medical attention, according to Conroy.
Aisha Johnson, a Roanoke police spokeswoman, said that Page received a suspension for the crash and that the department had begun an internal investigation.
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