Crime

Woman under the influence rolls car, damages train tracks in Visalia, police say

The Fresno Bee
Visalia firefighters and police officers survey the damage after an allegedly DUI driver rolled her car across railroad tracks and into a traffic signal at Murray Avenue and Giddings Street.
Visalia firefighters and police officers survey the damage after an allegedly DUI driver rolled her car across railroad tracks and into a traffic signal at Murray Avenue and Giddings Street. Visalia Police Department

A DUI driver crashed her car but walked away – and into jail – early Monday morning in Visalia, police said.

Sgt. Daniel Ford said 35-year-old Maria Lopes lost control of her car just before 12:30 a.m. at a bend in the road on Murray Avenue near Giddings Street. The car rolled several times, hit a traffic signal at the intersection of Murray and Giddings and damaged railroad tracks that parallel Murray. Rail service in the area will be temporarily suspended pending repairs.

Lopes was found to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and was booked into the Tulare County Pre-Trial Facility, Ford said.

This story was originally published December 19, 2016 at 7:24 AM with the headline "Woman under the influence rolls car, damages train tracks in Visalia, police say."

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