Crime & Safety
Windsor Locks Police Officer Injured in Early Morning Accident
The officer was struck by a drunk driver while stopped at a stop light at Spring and Main streets, police said.
A Windsor Locks police officer was injured early Friday morning when a drunk driver rear-ended his police cruiser, police said.
Officer Paul Sherokow was stopped at a stop light in the east-bound lane of Spring Street at Main Street when a car driven by Stewart McKechnie struck his police cruiser, Capt. Chester DeGray said.
The crash forced both cars into the intersection. Sherokow was taken to Hartford Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, where he was treated and released. When Sherokow will return to duty was undetermined Friday morning, DeGray said.
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McKechnie, 31, of 33 Cemetery Rd., East Windsor, is charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor/drugs/elevated blood alcohol level, reckless driving, carrying a dangerous weapon and a weapon in a motor vehicle. McKechnie is being held on $10,000 and is scheduled to appear in Enfield Superior Court this morning.
A passenger in McKechnie’s car, Cassandra Gutkowski, of 24 Grace St., Windsor Locks, was uninjured, DeGray said
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