By TONY GUERRERO Hays Post
Police in Hays, Kansas, reported witnessing an allegedly intoxicated driver traveling in the wrong direction before colliding with a parked vehicle.
At about 10:23 p.m. Saturday, officers observed a black sedan traveling southbound in the opposite direction on a one-way street at the 800 block of Ash St., according to Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler.
Someone driving another vehicle attempted to stop the sedan by blocking it and honking. Scheibler said the sedan maneuvered around the other vehicle. Officers then initiated a traffic stop.
The Sedan driver then accelerated her vehicle, turned a corner and crashed into a parked car in the 400 block of West Fifth Street.
Scheibler said officers contacted the driver, 35-year-old Audrey Stuart of Clifton Hill, Missouri, and initiated a DUI investigation.
She was arrested on requested charges of fleeing or attempting to elude, second-time DUI, second-time possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a depressant, transporting an open container and reckless driving.
"This reinforces the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs," Scheibler said. "It's a recipe for disaster."
EMS took Stuart to Hays Medical Center, and then she was transported to the Ellis County Jail. Both vehicles involved in the accident were towed from the scene. Clifton Hill is approximately two hours east of St. Joseph.