SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — A suspected impaired driver crashed into a power pole near the intersection of South Bowdish Road and East 7th Avenue Monday evening, forcing authorities to close the roadway for more than two hours.
According to Spokane Valley Sheriff’s Office, the collision snapped the power pole in half, causing electrical lines to drop across the roadway.
Deputies identified the driver as 47-year-old Duana C. Vanorman. A witness told deputies Vanorman was traveling south in a Honda CRV at about 50 mph when he veered left, crossed in front of her vehicle and crashed into the power pole and a large rock…