Crime
Allegedly Drunken Driver Crashes Into Apartment With 12-Year-Old Girl Inside
A 12-year-old girl narrowly escaped injury when an alleged drunken driver crashed into her living room in Oregon on Saturday, authorities said.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a report of a crash at the Cornell Woods Apartments in Portland’s Oak Hills neighborhood shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday. They arrived to find a minivan had crashed into an apartment while a young girl was inside.
Photos shared by the sheriff’s office show a minivan alongside a ground-floor apartment now missing an exterior wall. A stuffed bear can be seen among the debris of the wrecked living room.
The sheriff’s office said a 12-year-old girl inside the living room at the time of the crash narrowly escaped injury.
The driver, whose identity was not immediately released, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
