Officer driving drunk slams into another cop heading home, Massachusetts cops say
A Massachusetts police officer was arrested after a crash with another cop who was on his way home from work, authorities said.
Stephen O’Connell, a 38-year-old Boston police officer, is accused of driving drunk when his vehicle slammed into an unmarked Boston police cruiser just after 12 a.m. April 1 on a road in Weymouth, Massachusetts State Police said in an April 2 news release shared with McClatchy News.
McClatchy News reached out to the Boston Police Department on April 2 but did not receive an immediate response.
Authorities said the impact of the collision sent the police cruiser off the road and into trees. The driver, who was off-duty, was sent to a hospital “as a precaution,” police said.
O’Connell was exhibiting “signs of impairment” and was arrested and charged with “operating under the influence (liquor), negligent operation of a motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, failure to signal, and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle,” according to police.
He was released after promising to appear in court, police said.
Weymouth is about a 15-mile drive southeast from Boston.
This story was originally published April 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM with the headline "Officer driving drunk slams into another cop heading home, Massachusetts cops say."
