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Police: Impaired driver hits Md. patrol car, troopers not hurt

WALDORF, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say an impaired driver hit a patrol car parked at a Charles County crash scene.

Police said in a statement Tuesday that troopers were at the scene of a crash on Route 301 in the Waldorf area on Monday night. Police say a Mazda MX-5 hit an unoccupied patrol car that spun into another patrol car where two troopers were sitting. Neither was injured.

Police say the Mazda driver, 75-year-old Ruth Runyan of La Plata, refused medical treatment, but troopers detected signs of possible impairment. Runyan is charged with driving under the influence, driving while impaired, failure to change lanes for an emergency vehicle and other offenses.

Police say 37 troopers have been hit this year during traffic stops, at crash scenes or in construction zones.

New principal takes over at Charles Co. school where aide allegedly exploited children

WASHINGTON — A new principal has taken the reigns of a Charles County, Maryland, school where a teaching assistant was accused of sexually exploiting students. Marvin L. Jones, who holds the title of executive director of schools for the school system, has been assigned to Benjamin Stoddert Middle School, in Waldorf, as its interim principal.
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