DUI crash driver ‘still inhaling whippets’ while trapped in wreckage: police

(KRON) — Sebastopol police said they took a 47-year-old man into custody who was allegedly inhaling whippets before and after he crashed his vehicle on Tuesday morning.

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Police said officers responded to the 6000 block of Sebastopol Avenue around 6 a.m. to investigate a report of a traffic crash with a driver trapped in the wreckage.

At the scene, police located a black Land Rover SUV that collided into the brick wall, “punching a substantial hole into the brickwork.”

According to Sebastopol police, officers found the suspect inside the vehicle who was “still inhaling whippets, which contain nitrous oxide (N₂O).” After the man was removed from the vehicle, he was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital. He was since transported to Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Jail where he faces a charge of driving under the influence…

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