(ROSEDALE, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police arrested and charged a suspected impaired driver who hit a state police vehicle and fled the scene yesterday on I-95 in Baltimore County.<\/p>\n
The accused is identified as Gasper Botteon, 45, Nottingham. Maryland. Botteon is charged with driving under the influence, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and other traffic charges related to the hit and run.<\/p>\n
Botteon was driving a white box truck and was the sole occupant of the vehicle. He was uninjured in the incident.<\/p>\n
Shortly after 4:15 p.m. yesterday, a Maryland State Trooper from the JFK Memorial Highway Barrack in his marked patrol vehicle at the 64.4-mile marker on I-95, was conducting a crash investigation. While he was working inside of his vehicle, a white box truck struck the driver\u2019s side of his vehicle and ripped off the door.\u00a0 The box truck continued traveling northbound on I-95 in Rosedale. The trooper was not injured.<\/p>\n
A lookout for the box truck was immediately broadcast to all law enforcement in the area.\u00a0 Troopers from the Bel Air Barrack located the vehicle and the driver shortly after 6:15 p.m. northbound on Route 24 at Bel Air S. Parkway in Belair.<\/p>\n
The driver, later identified as Botteon, showed signs of suspected impairment. He was subsequently arrested on scene without incident and transported to the JFK Memorial Highway Barrack for processing.<\/p>\n
The investigation is continuing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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