Woman arrested after crashing into fence
"I don't understand why they don't put a stop light there or put slow down signs both ways east and west. ... These people gonna get killed driving down that highway like that," said
The Chrysler came to a rest on the road. The
"Both cars were demolished and that's always almost the case," James said. "The airbags break open and if these people were not belted they would be dead."
He moved into the house 31 years and said drivers typically crash into his fence twice a year costing him hundreds.
"We have paid once or twice and the insurance company of the people who have run into it have helped pay it, but sometimes they don't pay all of it," Martinez said.
He and his wife learned of the crash after hearing a loud slam while inside their home.
"She (his wife) said 'there's another one' and she went to the door. ... and said look at what they did to my fence again," Martinez said.
The passenger in the Taurus was not injured. The man in the Chrysler was transported to
"They had one gentleman sitting down because it knocked him out and they sat him up and tried to get him awake," Martinez said.
The woman was arrested after officers performed a field test to check for impairment. No citations were issued on the scene. The accident is under investigation.
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