Drunk Maryland man with kids in car strikes fire truck responding to I-95 accident, police say

A Maryland man is going through quite a few costs after crashing his car into the again of a fireplace truck alongside Interstate-95 in Virginia whereas driving beneath the affect with three youngsters who have been “not correctly restrained” in his car, police say. 

The incident involving Ricardo Rodriguez-Montoya, 41, occurred late Thursday outdoors of Fredericksburg, in keeping with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Workplace. 

“The investigation by Deputy L.T. Ward revealed a Stafford County hearth truck was stationary on the scene of an accident with emergency tools activated,” police mentioned in an announcement. “An intoxicated driver drove immediately into the rear of the hearth truck injuring his 4 passengers and a firefighter.” 

The deputy that responded to the crash additionally “found there have been three youngsters in Rodriguez-Montoya’s car they usually weren’t correctly restrained,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. 

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Rodriguez-Montoya has since been charged with DUI, reckless driving, DUI maiming, felony little one neglect and failing to yield to an emergency car, and is being held at an area jail with out bond. 

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Ricardo Rodriguez-Montoya, 41, is being held with out bond.
(Stafford County Sheriff’s Workplace)

The youngsters concerned within the accident have been hospitalized with “severe, however non-life threatening accidents,” police say, whereas the firefighter was launched after being taken to a medical facility. 

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Pictures taken on the crash scene confirmed the entrance of a sedan caught beneath the again of the hearth truck.  

“Motorists are reminded to decelerate and transfer over for stopped emergency automobiles,” the Stafford County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.