EUGENE, Ore. – A 33-year-old Washington woman was arrested for driving under the influence Sunday evening after multiple people reported her driving the wrong way and nearly causing several crashes, according to the Eugene Police Department.
EPD officials said police received numerous reports at 5:13 p.m. Oct. 25 of a Ford Maverick driving the wrong way down a one-way street and swerving into oncoming traffic. One caller said they were next to the car and the driver appeared to be falling asleep at the wheel. The car pulled into a parking lot on West 11th Avenue. Officers found the vehicle high-centered over a barrier with two wheels in the air. The driver, Emily Lorene Pollock of Vancouver, Wash., said she was trying to get to the McDonald Theater for a concert and had left her Airbnb on Polk Street. Pollock said she did not know how she arrived at this location.
She refused field sobriety tests but agreed to take a breathalyzer test. The test measured her blood alcohol at .23 percent…