PORTSMOUTH
A police officer has been placed on leave after being charged with drunken driving following a wreck early today while he was off duty.
Ann Hope, a police spokeswoman, said Officer Wayne Sherman was charged after the vehicle he was driving allegedly struck the rear of another in the Midtown Tunnel.
The collision occurred at 1:53 a.m., Hope said, in the lane heading from Portsmouth to Norfolk.
Hope said both drivers were treated and released from a local hospital with minor injuries.
Sherman was driving his personal vehicle, Hope said.
He will remain on leave as the investigation continues, she said.
A Portsmouth police sergeant was charged with DUI in 2004 after an accident at the same tunnel. He lost his job and was later convicted and fined.
Steve Stone, (757) 446-2319/2309, steve.stone@pilotonline.com
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