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Drunk Driver Injures Spotsy Sheriff's Deputy In Head-On Crash, Investigators Say
Sheriff's deputies in Spotsylvania didn't have to go far to track down a suspect drunk driver, in fact, he came straight for them.
A midday call came into the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office on Friday, Dec. 1 regarding a possibly drunk driver who was in the area of Orange Plank Road near the Orange County Line, officials said on Wednesday.
A deputy responded to the area, near the intersection of West Catharpin Road and Dulin Lake, at which point the driver, Spotsylvania resident John Anthony Fields, 57, lost control of his SUV and struck the police cruiser head-on.
The deputy was take…