Crime & Safety
Drunk Driver Arrested After Crashing into Trees
The Golden Valley resident was arrested on fourth-degree DUI charges.
On Dec. 20 at around 9:40 a.m., Golden Valley police arrested a resident for speeding and DUI charges.
According to a Golden Valley police incident report, the 58-year-old woman was driving on Rhode Island Avenue North when she veered off the road and crashed into the trees.
The woman agreed to blood test and a driver evaluation at the scene, and was arrested.
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According to the Golden Valley arrest report, between Dec. 17 and Dec. 23, two other people were arrested for drunk driving.
Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Jacalyn Sticha wrote in a Golden Valley patch blog that over 570,191 Minnesotans [10.7 %] have one or more DWIs on record. Of licensed drivers in the state, Sticha said 1 in 7 have one or more incidents on record, 1 in 17 have two or more and 1 in 30 have three or more.
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