A New Orleans police officer has been
suspended from duty after being booked with DWI following a May 1st
collision with a Causeway Police car on the Lake Pontchartrain
Causeway.
State police say officer Roy Caballero was driving his personal
vehicle north on the bridge about five miles from the Metairie
shoreline when his pickup swerved from the right lane into the left
lane and into the Causeway cruiser’s path.
Causeway Police officer Blake Kirby, who was chasing a speeder
in the left lane, tried to brake to avoid Caballero. Causeway
Police Chief Felix Loicano says Kirby was unable to stop in time,
and Caballero’s truck sideswiped Kirby’s car; Caballero’s truck
then hit the bridge railing.
Caballero, a two-year member of the New Orleans Police
Department, was off duty and not in uniform.
Troopers arrested Caballero after he failed a field sobriety
test.
In addition to the DWI charge, Caballero was cited for improper
lane use.