ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A man has been charged with DWI after police said he crashed into two Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers and a Glendale officer on Sunday.
According to a Twitter thread from Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C, at 2:30 a.m., two troopers and an officer from the Glendale Police Department were investigating an abandoned vehicle that was blocking two lanes on eastbound Interstate 44 west of Lindbergh Boulevard.
The troopers and officer were all sitting in their cars with their emergency lights on, when a tractor-trailer traveling east on I-44 hit the back of the two troopers' cars at the same time, before hitting the abandoned car and the Glendale officer's car, according to a crash report on the incident.
According to the probable cause statement, one of the trooper’s suffered back injuries and broken ribs. The other trooper and the Glendale officer had moderate injuries.
Both of the troopers' vehicles were totaled and towed back to MSHP Troop C headquarters.
On Tuesday, the driver of the tractor-trailer, James Gibbs, was charged with two felony counts of DWI.
After the crash, Gibbs showed several signs of intoxication including slurred speech, glassy eyes and dilated pupils, according to the probable cause statement. He admitted to taking another person’s medication prior to the crash.
MSHP troopers, Glendale officers' vehicles
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