Pedestrian injured in collision with alleged drunk driver on Ayers Street in Corpus Christi, Texas
DRIVER ARRESTED FOR INTOXICATION ASSAULT
The crash investigation revealed that a 1999 Volvo was traveling south in the 4800 block of Ayers Street in the left lane when the driver made an unsafe lane change from a direct course. The vehicle struck a wooden utility pole and a 59 year old male pedestrian that was crossing Ayers Street. A witness told officers that as he passed the Volvo before it crashed he could see the driver leaning his head back and appeared he was falling asleep. The vehicle swerved to the left, crossing the center double yellow lines and struck the pole and the pedestrian.
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