Drunk Driver Hospitalized After Freeway Accident

A driver suspected of driver under the influence of alcohol is recovering in a San Diego hospital after a freeway accident Wednesday night on Interstate 15.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the two car crash took place at 10:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-15 at the Oceanview off-ramp when a speeding van clipped the side of an SUV, lost control, and rolled three times.

Damage to the SUV appeared to be minimal, though the van was a mess of broken glass and squashed body panels. The van’s final resting place was in the fast lane of the freeway, facing perpendicular to the flow of traffic.

The driver of the van was pulled to safety by witnesses to crash who pulled over to offer assistance. Upon arrival at the scene, paramedics took the man to a nearby hospital for what is being called a serious head injury. The driver of the SUV was not hurt in the crash.

While still at the scene of the crash, the van driver was given a breathalyzer test, which he failed. Upon release from the hospital, police will arrest the man and formally charge him with a DUI.

Police closed down multiple lanes of the freeway to clean up scattered debris and investigate other possible factors that could have led to the crash.

Driving under the influence is never worth the risk. Especially in high speed situations like driving on the freeway, your ability to identify and respond to obstacles in front of you is diminished to a degree where accidents are a frequent occurrence.

Alcohol also encourages drivers to perform riskier maneuvers in traffic or through intersections, putting themselves and other motorists in direct danger. Impossible gaps between cars become enticing, and your clouded judgment can easily turn a an attempt to pass into an upside down van with bystanders pulling you out of the vehicle.

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