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Drunk Driver Takes Out Power But Is Too Drunk For Jail
Police in Salem, OR had their hands full when a drunk driver took out the power to over 2,000 customers this weekend.
The driver hit a parked car which hit a power pole which hit a tree. The tree hit another parked car. In the house that Jack built.
After a breathalyzer showed the driver to be more than three times the legal limit, police decided he was too drunk for jail and sent him to the hospital.
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