A police officer and two other people were injured in a crash at Cooper and West Center streets in Manchester on Monday morning.
Manchester police said a Manchester police officer was responding to a call with lights and sirens on Monday around 11:32 a.m. The cruiser was traveling eastbound on West Center Street when another vehicle turned left onto Cooper Street in front of the cruiser and they collided.
The officer and the occupants of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries and were transported to the hospital. Everyone has since been released.
Police said the driver, identified as 21-year-old Diego Vazquez-Agreda of Hartford, admitted to smoking marijuana before the incident and failed field sobriety tests. He was found to be at fault for the crash and charged with DUI, possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia, and failure to obey an officer’s signal.
His passenger, 19-year-old Jaunita Burto of Manchester, faces charges of possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana and failure to wear a seatbelt.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash and both vehicles were towed from the scene.
