Auburn police officer assaulted by suspected DUI driver
AUBURN, CA -- An Auburn police sergeant attempting to pull over a driver he suspected of DUI was lucky to walk away from the incident without injury.
Shortly after 10:30 p.m Thursday, Sgt. Dale Hutchins activated his emergency lights after seeing the driver of an older model Chevy truck blow through a stop sign.
As the driver turned west onto the eastbound I-80 off-ramp, Hutchins positioned his police unit behind the pick-up as the driver attempted to make a U-turn.
That's when the driver of the pick-up, identified as 22-year-old Eric Hill, stopped his vehicle, put it in reverse and slammed into the right front of Hutchins' patrol car.
Hill then drove forward, stopped, and backed right into Hutchins' car then took off into Old Town Auburn with three other Auburn police units in hot pursuit.