by Bay City NewsA 32-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI after allegedly driving the wrong way on the Bay Bridge Saturday night and crashing into three vehicles,
the California Highway Patrol said.
Officers responded to reports of a wrong-way driver traveling west
in the eastbound lanes of Interstate Highway 80 on the bridge around 8:30
p.m., police said.
Vacaville resident Karrie Lyn Morgan allegedly
entered the freeway from the toll plaza, collided head-on with a vehicle and
sideswiped two other cars, according to police.
Morgan and three others were transported to San Francisco General
Hospital for treatment, CHP Officer Daniel Hill said.
Morgan and two others suffered minor injuries, and one person suffered
major injuries, CHP officials said.
All eastbound lanes were closed for about 15 minutes for emergency
crews to access the crash site. Lanes were reopened by 10:15 p.m.
After being medically cleared at the hospital, Morgan was booked
into San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of
certain drugs, driving under the influence of drugs that causes injury to
another and being an unlicensed driver, CHP officials said.
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