Published June 06. 2021 11:18PM
HAMDEN (AP) A Meriden man was arrested Sunday after he hit a police vehicle with his car in Hamden and then led officers on a 14-mile chase to his home, police said.
Hamden police responded to a report of a driver who had passed out in his car at 4:30 a.m., Capt. Ronald Smith said in a news release.
Officers found the vehicle, which was running. As an officer tried to put the car into park, driver Donald Woodson shoved the officer out of the car and nearly hit him with it, police said.
Woodson s car did hit a Hamden police car, Smith said. Woodson then drove to the northbound entrance to Route 15 and continued north to Meriden despite striking a curb, which flattened his left front tire, police said.
A Meriden man is facing a slew of charges in Hamden after allegedly nearly striking an officer with his vehicle and hitting a police cruiser before leading.