Puyallup construction workers narrowly avoid being struck by suspected drunk driver
A woman Puyallup police suspect was driving while intoxicated Monday afternoon blew through safety barriers at a construction zone and became lodged in a trench.
The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of East Main Street, Puyallup Police Department spokesperson Capt. Jason Visnaw said in an email. The woman, 38, was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk.
Three workers down in the trench exited seconds before the car, a gray Honda, crashed, according to tweets posted to the department’s Twitter account.
The driver was later subjected to a breath test and was measured to have a blood alcohol content between 0.28% and 0.29%, Visnaw said. The legal limit in Washington is .08.
This story was originally published August 17, 2021 at 9:45 AM.
