Joseph Clemens, 22, was allegedly driving drunk on Veterans Road when he crashed head-on into a police cruiser at about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

A Winthrop man, Joseph Clemens, was charged with DUI and other offenses after a head-on collision with a police cruiser. He escaped hospitalization, while the officer was injured but stable.

A 22-year-old Massachusetts man was driving drunk when he crossed over the center lanes and hit a police cruiser head-on Wednesday night, according to the Winthrop Police Department. Joseph Clemens, of Winthrop,