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Car Slams Into NH Police Cruiser

THORTON, NH (CBS) -- Police say the driver of the car was heavily medicated when she slammed into a parked cruiser.

Sgt. Victor Muzzey had stopped another vehicle on the side of I-93 in Thorton, NH, Sunday afternoon when 62-year-old Katherine Dangelo of Lincoln apparently hit his cruiser.

Police were warned about a possible erratic driver that had been weaving through traffic before the incident occurred.

Dangelo and Muzzey were both taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Police say Dangelo was under the influence of a controlled medication at the time. She was charged with DWI and is out on bail.

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