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The mother of Darrien Hunt was driving under the influence of alcohol when she collided with a Utah Highway Patrol cruiser in Tooele County and then refused to get out of her car, according to a report on the incident released Thursday.
The UHP report says Susan Hunt — whose son was shot and killed by Saratoga Springs police in 2014 — told a trooper he was "evil" and that she wished his children would die.
Hunt, 52, was taken to a hospital after the Tuesday crash. The report says she was cited for driving under the influence, driving on the wrong side of the road, driving recklessly and disorderly conduct for refusing to comply with a police order.
The trooper was looking for a "reckless driver" about 11 p.m. Tuesday after a passerby on State Route 73 reported a westbound vehicle was swerving on the road, according to UHP. The trooper turned on his overhead lights as he found a car moving in and out of the southbound lane while traveling north on State Route 36 in Stockton, the report says.
The trooper pulled up next to the car as it was traveling north in the southbound lane and got Hunt to slowly move back into the northbound lane, the report says.
"The driver would not stop and was heading toward some homes on the east side of the road," the trooper says in the report. "At the time, I feared the driver would crash into a house and injure herself and residents in the homes."
He maneuvered his patrol car in front of Hunt's vehicle, and the driver side of her car "made contact" with the passenger side of the cruiser, the trooper says in the report.
"It just missed me," the trooper is heard saying on dashcam video of the incident.
The dashcam video shows the trooper confronting Hunt, but it cuts off when she begins speaking because she discusses private medical issues, according to UHP Sgt. Todd Royce. He said Hunt appeared to be suffering from a medical problem, but there was evidence of impairment apart from that.
The report says the trooper smelled a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Hunt and saw a case of beer and an open can of the beverage on the passenger floor. The trooper talked to Hunt for 13 minutes, trying to get her to exit the vehicle on the passenger side. She refused to exit and tried to start the car.
The trooper grabbed Hunt's right arm and she tried to hit him in the face, the report says. Another trooper helped the first one remove Hunt from the car. She was put in handcuffs and taken to a hospital by ambulance.
Hunt's 22-year-old son Darrien Hunt was shot in a parking lot in September 2014 after a 911 caller reported seeing a man carrying a sword. Darrien Hunt's family said he was cosplaying as a favorite manga comic character when police approached him. Police said he was speaking with them when he pulled out his sword and lunged at them. The two officers chased him and shot him multiple times.
She settled a criminal case in September with a diversion agreement after an alleged altercation with a Saratoga Springs officer in October 2014.
The agreement calls for the charges to be dismissed if Hunt follows certain conditions during a six-month diversion period, including obeying all laws and completing grief counseling. If she fails to comply with the terms, she could be prosecuted.
An outside attorney hired by Saratoga Springs to prosecute Hunt could not be reached Thursday night for comment on how the citation might affect her case.
Saratoga Springs offered Susan Hunt a $900,000 settlement, which is the subject of a court dispute.
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