Suspected impaired driver arrested after crashing into Maryland State Police vehicles, injuring troopers

A suspected impaired driver was arrested after crashing into two Maryland State Police vehicles and injuring two troopers early Sunday.

State police said 31-year-old Avery Alexander Bost, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is facing charges of suspected impaired driving and other related traffic charges.

The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday in the area of Branch Avenue near Allentown Road in Prince George's County.

Department officials said one of the troopers was in a marked patrol vehicle, parked behind an unoccupied car in the left lane of Branch Avenue. A second trooper was parked behind the first, and both vehicles had their emergency lights activated. 

Bost, identified as the driver of a Maserati, struck the rear of a trooper's vehicle, which caused it to hit a trooper who was outside of his car. The first trooper's vehicle also hit the rear of the other trooper's vehicle, officials said.

Both state troopers were taken to the hospital and have been released.

The Maryland State Police is investigating.