Deputy and City inspector hit by suspected drunk driver in Clear Lake

Channel 13 is reporting that a city inspector and an off-duty HCSO deputy were hospitalized after they were struck by a car at a Clear Lake construction site. The deputy and the worker were standing outside the deputies truck on Seawolf Drive near Bay Area Boulevard around 1:45 a.m. last night when a dark green Chrysler Sebring convertible crashed into the rear of a blue Dodge Ram pickup truck, pushing it into the men. While investigators were working the first accident, a second car came through the construction barriers. Drivers of both vehicles were tested for possible intoxication. According to Channel 11's report, the woman driving the Sebring has an extensive criminal record: police believe she was driving drunk. 

Damage to the alleged drunk driver's Chrysler Sebring

Damage to the off-duty deputy's Dodge Ram pickup truck