RIVERHEAD (WABC) -- A driver who crashed into a Suffolk County police cruiser was sentenced to prison on Tuesday.

Cody Fisher was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he slammed into Officer Brendon Gallagher's patrol car back in January.

Fisher was estimated to be driving at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour at the time of the crash.

Nine months after the crash that injured Officer Gallagher, the Highway Patrol cop came face-to-face with the drunk and drugged driver that almost took his life.

"Following surgery, I was placed in medically induced coma and put on a ventilator," Gallagher said.

Officer Gallagher, who is a former Army veteran, was on patrol on January 5 when he encountered 29-year-old Cody Fisher driving more than 10 miles per hour on the Long Island Expr

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