ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — A St. Charles County sheriff’s deputy was seriously injured after being hit by a car during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning.
At around 3:45 a.m., officers stopped a GMC Denali that they said was seen casing the area around Interstate 70 and Fifth Street.
While officers were talking to the people in the car, the driver drove into a police vehicle and hit a deputy who was awaiting prisoner transport. The deputy was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, and his vitals were stable at last check.
After hitting the deputy, the suspects drove eastbound on I-70 into St. Louis County and crashed into a Cottleville Police Department patrol car at Route 141 and Ryder Trail.
Two people were taken into custody. While searching the car, police found a gun and 40 fentanyl pills.
The driver, 28-year-old Tiffany Kanzler, was charged with first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, first-degree drug trafficking, and first-degree property damage. The passenger in the car, 38-year-old Aaron Walker, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance.
Kanzler is being held on a $2 million bond and Walker is being held on a $1 million bond.