Wrong-way driver nearly hits police cruiser, arrested for driving under the influence
Posted: 09/19/2012
TULSA - Police say alcohol could be to blame for an overnight accident.
Around 1:45 a.m., a driver heading the wrong way nearly hit a police cruiser on Highway 75.
Officers say the driver exited the highway on 41st Street and lost control.
He crashed into a tree, barely missing another vehicle, and ended up in a fence near 41st and Tacoma.
Police took the driver to jail on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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