MADISON, Wis. — Madison Police arrested a Sun Prairie man after they said he drove drunk and crashed into the Yahara River Sunday morning.
MPD said the crash occurred at 7:05 a.m. on Riverside Drive at Jenifer Street where officers checked the vehicle and determined nobody was inside.
Officers re-contacted a 22-year-old Sun Prairie man who officers helped home from the 1300 block of East Washington Avenue earlier in the night.
He was arrested for operating while intoxicated and given two more citations for failure to maintain control of his vehicle and failure to report an accident.
Madison Fire’s Hazardous Materials team worked with Schmidt’s towing to safely remove the vehicle from the river.
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