Coventry Man Charged With DUI In Officer-Involved Crash

Coventry RI

15 October, 2021

5:00 PM

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COVENTRY, RI — A Coventry man is facing DUI charges connected with a crash involving a police cruiser last week. The crash happened just after 7:30 p.m. last Friday, on Main Street. Two vehicles were involved, including a police cruiser. Patrick Sullivan, 58, of Colvintown Road, was later identified as the person driving the other vehicle. According to police, he crossed the center line, hitting the cruiser head-on. The officer involved was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and is currently out of work and in treatment, police said. Sullivan was arrested and refused to take a breathalyzer test, police said Friday. He was charged with suspicious of driving under the influence, and is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning.