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A Day of DUIs on Washington?s Whidbey Island

By Morgan Brickley

In Oak Harbor, Wash., a small community off the coast of Washington on Whidbey Island, two bizarre incidents occurred on the same day, both allegedly involving driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The first accident involved a 22-year-old woman who was driving her Volkswagen Beetle on Midway Boulevard, a road that travels directly toward the coast of the island. The woman drove her Beetle straight through an intersection without stopping and ?careened down an embankment and ended up in the tidelands,? according to a report from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Luckily for the negligent driver, it was low tide at the time so she did not end up submerged and in possible danger for her life. On her way into the tidelands, the Beetle crashed through a concrete bench...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on December 01, 2009 (boomark / email).