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Drunk driver arrested after veering off highway exit ramp

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Posted: 12/07/2012

TULSA - A drunk driver veered off a midtown Tulsa highway early Friday morning, taking out a number of road signs.

Police say an SUV was driving west on the Broken Arrow Expressway around 2:15 a.m. when the driver took the exit ramp to I-44.

The car veered off the highway into the grassy area.

Five women were inside the vehicle, four of them were treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Police arrested the driver on suspicion of driving drunk.

Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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