LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Nevada Highway Patrol says an off-duty state trooper wearing a “Star War”” costume while returning home from a Halloween party prevented a suspected drunken driver from entering a Las Vegas freeway in the wrong direction.
The Highway Patrol said Trooper Britta Foesch was a designated sober driver and in her personal vehicle and wearing a Stormtrooper costume - but not its helmet - when she stopped the other vehicle and called dispatchers to get on-duty troopers to the scene early Saturday morning.
The Highway Patrol said the other vehicle’s driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, driving without a valid driver’s license and two traffic violations.
The Highway Patrol said in a statement that it doesn’t recommend that citizens take matters into their own hands. But it said Foesch “is a trained professional having been a state trooper for seven years and a NHP dispatcher before that.”
The statement said Foesch’s actions potentially saved lives.
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