VSP: Trooper hit head-on by DUI driver

Kevin Cheek
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JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia State Police (VSP) Trooper was hit head-on by a driver, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, traveling in the wrong direction early Saturday morning.

Elijah Jones (Courtesy of Virginia Regional Peninsula Jail)
Elijah Jones (Courtesy of Virginia Regional Peninsula Jail)

Around 3:45 a.m., state police began to receive multiple reports of a driver traveling westbound in the eastbound lane on I-64 near mile marker 256.

State police issued a Be On the Lookout (BOL) alert in the area in attempt to find the vehicle.

Trooper M. Lesage positioned himself in the eastbound lanes in effort to stop the driver.

Around 4:30 a.m. Trooper Lesage told dispatch he had been hit head-on by a Kia.

Courtesy of Virginia State Police
Courtesy of Virginia State Police
Courtesy of Virginia State Police
Courtesy of Virginia State Police
Courtesy of Virginia State Police
Courtesy of Virginia State Police

State police said the driver, Elijah Jones, 26, was under the influence of alcohol and speeding when he hit the trooper.

Trooper Lesage was taken to Riverside Hospital in Williamsburg with serious but non life-threatening injuries.

Jones was not injured. Police arrested and charged him with driving under the influence/maiming, class 6 felony, and open container. He was taken to the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail.

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