Crash Involving Suspected Drunken Driver Splits Truck In Half
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AUSTIN, Minn. (WCCO) -- A chase involving a suspected drunken driver in southern Minnesota Sunday ended with a man in jail and a truck cut in half.
Austin police say the driver was swerving and topped out at 70 miles per hour before veering off the road and hitting a tree, which ripped off the bed of the truck.
Officers pulled a 23-year-old man from the burning wreck and sent him to the hospital.
Police say he was one of seven DUI arrests made in Austin this weekend.
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