{"id":189305,"date":"2026-03-12T22:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189305\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:19:08","slug":"completely-preventable-drunk-driver-crashes-into-jso-patrol-car-on-i-10-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189305\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Completely preventable&#8217;: Drunk driver crashes into JSO patrol car on I-10, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office says that the officer involved is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A woman was arrested after she crashed her truck into a patrol vehicle with an officer inside, the Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>JSO says that at around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, an officer was working a lane closure on I-10 west, with his vehicle parked and emergency lights flashing.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, Cate Kitay, 29, is accused of driving her RAM 2500 pickup truck &#8220;straight into&#8221; the officer&#8217;s patrol vehicle shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e9b6f28d-381a-4644-aeaf-078392029d95_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e9b6f28d-381a-4644-aeaf-078392029d95_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to JSO, the crash was so forceful that it had pushed her truck into an unoccupied utility truck that was parked on the shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>The officer was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries but is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But let\u2019s be clear: this could have ended in tragedy,&#8221; JSO says. &#8220;An officer was inside that vehicle. Construction crews were working nearby. And a drunk driver plowed straight through a clearly marked lane closure with emergency lights flashing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kitay was arrested and charged with careless driving, DUI and three counts of DUI property damage. She is held on a bond of $3,500.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d430de7c-c2a8-4b93-ab8a-b44d0722f632_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d430de7c-c2a8-4b93-ab8a-b44d0722f632_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office says that the officer involved is expected to make a full recovery. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-189305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}