The Webster Parish Sheriff's Office said a bicyclist inching down the center of the road Ignored lights and sirens and actually collided with a police car.

The Minden Press-Herald reported that 47year-old Robert Earl Batton of Minden, LA was booked with second-offense DWI and possessing marijuana. Calls to Batton's home were not answered.

A sheriff's office press release said a deputy tried to pull Batton over after a vehicle almost hit him. The deputy turned on lights and siren, then pulled ahead and got out.

Batton wheeled past the officer and broadsided the police car parked in his path. It was not clear whether he tried to stop, or was incapable of stopping in time.

However, the news release said a breath test registered blood alcohol of .270 percent - more than triple the legal limit.

Source: Minden Press-Herald, http:// www.press-herald.com

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