EUGENE, Ore. — Investigators arrested a driver for DUII after he crashed into a city light pole near an active railroad yard Wednesday afternoon, according to the Eugene Police Department.
EPD officials said that an off-duty Lane County Sheriff’s deputy spotted the crash and called it in. At 3:55 p.m. Oct. 14, Eugene police responded to the area of Railroad Boulevard and North Polk Street and found a Ford truck about 20 feet off the roadway. The truck had crashed into a city of Eugene electrical lamp post. The pole was sheared off and knocked down onto the grass, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage. The driver, Brian Richard Costello, admitted to taking medication and alcohol. Police gave Costello field sobriety tests before arresting him for DUII.
His blood alcohol was measured at .03 percent. A Drug Recognition Expert was called in to evaluate Costello for impairment and found signs of impairment…