Panos S. Palas, 86, caused accident when driving the wrong way on I-5 while intoxicated in Seattle, Washington
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The trooper said when he spoke with Palas, he was "immediately aware of the strong odor of intoxicants from his person and I observed that I could smell it on his breath as he spoke with me."
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Palas pleaded not guilty Wednesday during his arraignment in Superior Court. Judge Garold Johnson ordered him jailed in lieu of $35,000 bail.
State Patrol: 86-year-old wrong-way driver on I-5 causes crash, arrested for DUI
A 36-year-old passenger in one of the victim vehicles was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital. An 11-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy in one of the victim vehicles were not inured.
Panos S. Palas was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of I-5, causing two cars to crash and one passenger to suffer a broken leg. After a breath test it was determined that Palas had a blood alcohol content of .123, and troopers arrested him. Palas "admitted to drinking brandy for a cough and stated it helped with his medicine."The things that you need to know about an accident with a drunk driver Drunk-driving crashes are complicated because of the many parties potentially involved, including the drunk driver, the bar or tavern where they got drunk, the party host who gave alcohol to a minor, and the parole officer tasked with supervising repeat offenders. Here is what you need to know about a drunk driving car accident.
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