A DRUNK DRIVER STEERED HIS CAR DIRECTLY INTO a head-on collision with a Grainger County EMS ambulance near Knoxville, Tennessee, late Friday night.  WVLT-TV reports that:

It happened around 8:30 p.m. while the ambulance was traveling south on N. Broadway. It had just stopped in the turn lane to continue onto Mineral Springs Avenue when a black Chevrolet Impala headed north crossed the center line and ran head-on into it.

Officers confirmed the driver of the Impala was drunk. He was arrested for several charges including fourth offense DUI, driving on a revoked license, refusing to take a field sobriety test, failure to maintain his lane, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Nobody was injured and the ambulance only suffered minor damages.  The police said that the driver’s female passenger was also arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.