Crime & Safety

Suspected Drunken Driver Sideswipes CHP Car While Driving Wrong Way

The suspect was arrested in La Jolla.

A suspected drunken driver was arrested in La Jolla after she sideswiped a California Highway Patrol car while driving the wrong way early today, police said.

The woman drove westbound in the eastbound lanes of state Route 56 before entering the southbound lanes of northbound Interstate 5 around 1:30 a.m., according to the CHP.

No injuries were reported.

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