New dashcam video shows a Florida Highway Patrol trooper using her vehicle to force a head-on collision to stop an alleged drunk driver from possibly hitting some runners.
FHP officials said Trooper Toni Schuck placed her vehicle directly in the path of the drunk driver, who was heading toward a road closure in place for the Armed Forces Skyway 10K Race near Tampa Sunday morning.
Schuck's dashcam video captured the violent head-on collision.
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Schuck and the driver, identified as 52-year-old Kristen Kay Watts, were both hospitalized as a result of the collision, WFLA reported.
Watts is facing charges including DUI causing serious injury, two counts of reckless driving with damage person or property, and two counts of DUI with damage to property or person.
