Wrong way driver arrested for DUI after crash into Lake Oswego police car

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A wrong-way driver was arrested early Tuesday morning after crashing into a Lake Oswego police car, authorities announced.

Around 3:10 a.m. Tuesday, a Lake Oswego officer on routine patrol was driving northbound on Boones Ferry Road near Reese Road when a wrong way driver “suddenly appeared around the corner and crashed almost head-on into the officer’s vehicle,” authorities said.

After the crash, the Lake Oswego police officer was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver, identified as 22-year-old Beaverton resident Weinner Santos-Leon, was not injured in the crash and was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and fourth-degree assault for causing injury to the officer…

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