It’s not often that as an officer, someone breaking the law finds you directly.
For one Franklin County deputy, that’s exactly what happened when a suspected drunk driver on the wrong side of the road crashed into his cruiser head-on.
Dash cam video above shows the crash, which occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office took the incident as an opportunity to warn against drunk driving, posting on their Facebook page, “If you drink, don’t drive ... if you drive, don’t drink!”
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