Medic Captain Charged With DUI While Driving FD Car

A MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA, FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN is on administrative leave without pay this week following a traffic accident while driving a fire department car.

Robert Wronski, 44, is the FD’s Medical Training Officer and has “take home” privileges with the town-owned 2007 Ford Explorer.  Early Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, he crashed at speed into a disabled vehicle on I-526.  The Charleston Post and Courier tells:

The struck vehicle was a 1994 Jeep belonging to driver Shawn Bucholz, 38.

According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, Bucholz was halted in the emergency lane next to the wall on I-526 but was still partially on the interstate. The Jeep did have its emergency flashers on.

Bucholz said Sunday he was sitting in the driver’s seat on his cell phone calling a friend to come get him when the other vehicle came up fast and plowed into him.  Bucholz (is) at Medical University Hospital and said he had multiple injuries, including to his back, neck and elbows.

After the collision, Wronski was transported to Roper St. Francis Hospital but was released around 4 a.m., the Highway Patrol said.  He was then arrested and taken to the Charleston County Detention Center, charged with driving under the influence. Wronski was released Sunday on a personal recognizance bond, the detention center said.

WCIV-TV Ch. 4 filed this video report:

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