AUSTIN, Minn. (WCCO) — A chase involving a suspected drunken driver in southern Minnesota Sunday ended with a person in jail and a truck minimize in half.
Austin police say the driving force was swerving and topped out at 70 miles per hour earlier than veering off the highway and hitting a tree, which ripped up and doing of the truck.
Officers pulled a 23-year-old man from the burning wreck and despatched him to the hospital.
Police say he was considered one of seven DUI arrests made in Austin this weekend.