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Police: 4/20 reveler struck patrol car

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BOULDER, Colo., April 21 (UPI) -- Colorado police said a teenager marking the marijuana-celebrating holiday 4/20 crashed into a deputy's patrol car while under the influence of the drug.

Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said the 17-year-old driver of a Pontiac Grand Prix was leaving a 4/20 event at the University of Colorado Wednesday and struck an empty Boulder County Sheriff's Office patrol car while the deputy was directing traffic, the (Boulder) Daily Camera reported Thursday.

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Police said no one was injured in the crash but the teenager was taken to Boulder Community Hospital for "issues related to marijuana use."

Kobel said the teenager is likely to face tickets for driving under the influence of drugs and reckless driving.

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