Driving under the influence is never a good idea, but this week seems to be an especially rough one for dangerous--and unusual--drunken driving incidents.
Early Tuesday morning, an allegedly drunken driver managed to drive 400 yards on the pedestrian walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge before becoming stuck tight in the too-small passage, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Daniel Soto, 22, was driving around 5 a.m. when he decided to turn into the pedestrian walkway, going through a security gate to do so. When his blue Ford Mustang became wedged tight between the guardrail and a fence, the air bags deployed and Soto's joyriding was done.
California Highway Patrol officers found Soto at the scene. After being taken to the hospital, he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
As for the Mustang, the wedged vehicle shut down traffic on the north- and southbound lanes of the iconic bridge for six minutes at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday while crews pulled the vehicle free.
"The Golden Gate Bridge crews like puzzles," Priya David Clemens, a spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, told the Chronicle. "They certainly got a challenge this morning."
A local FOX outlet in Florida reported Tuesday afternoon that a 29-year-old driver from Polk County had hit a tree and completely flipped his SUV before the vehicle landed upright.
Captured on video, the incident occurred around 10 p.m. on Sunday, when Charles Mitchell was driving his 2003 Nissan Murano along Lake Howard Drive in Winter Haven.
Authorities said Mitchell veered and hit a tree, sending his vehicle flying into the air. After being treated by medics, Mitchell was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
In another incident this week, a drunken driver in Indiana reportedly crashed into a stopped semi-truck but just kept driving. Indiana State Police said they received a call from the semi-truck's driver, who told them that a vehicle had slammed into his truck and left debris on the roadway.
The "panicked" truck driver feared that the car was under his semi-trailer, but another motorist called police to alert them to a minivan that drove away from the scene. The cleanup following the collision temporarily shut down a portion of I-70.
The damaged minivan, which lost most of its passenger side and rear, was being driven by 28-year-old Joshua Yeary of Noblesville. Police said Yeary stopped a fast-food restaurant to look over the damage to the vehicle. He was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
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