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.
(credit: Austin Police Department)
(credit: Austin Police Department)
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.
