Highlights
- A suspected DUI driver crashed through a secure fence into a Phoenix city fuel yard Friday night, ejecting an officer from a parked patrol SUV.
- The incident occurred at fuel pumps inside a facility north of the Phoenix PD Mountain View Precinct, according to KTAR and AZFamily.
- The crash was one of three separate collisions involving law enforcement vehicles across the region within an 8-hour span.
- FOX 10's Elias Weiss first reported the incident; KTAR, AZFamily, and 12News independently confirmed the core details.
A suspected drunk driver barreled through a secure fence into a Phoenix city fuel yard Friday night, ejecting a Phoenix police officer from his parked patrol Tahoe at the fuel pumps, one of three crashes involving law enforcement vehicles across the region in an 8-hour stretch, FOX 10 reported.
According to KTAR, the driver of an SUV left a parking lot north of the Phoenix PD Mountain View Precinct, went through a fence, down a berm, and into the marked police Tahoe at the fuel pumps inside the facility. AZFamily and 12News independently confirmed the account. The officer's condition and the status of the suspected driver were not detailed in the source material available at publication time.
The fuel-yard crash was part of a broader overnight pattern. FOX 10 reported two additional crashes involving law enforcement vehicles occurred within the same 8-hour window, though details on those incidents were not included in the source material.
Phoenix PD has not issued a public statement on any of the three crashes as of Friday evening.
Sources
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- Fox 10 Phoenix retrieved 25/07/2026 23:47
- AZ Family (3TV/CBS5) retrieved 25/07/2026 23:47
- ktar.com retrieved 25/07/2026 23:47
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