Police on Saturday arrested Ethan Robison, 22, on multiple charges after he allegedly hit one vehicle and ran two others off the road before losing control of his own vehicle and crashing off the highway.
Police said they received a report about 5:25 p.m. Saturday, April 5, “of a potentially intoxicated driver” in a pickup truck near Evergreen Trailer Park on the north end of the island.
“Shortly after, the same truck hit a vehicle at the intersection of Bennett Street and Zimovia Highway,” according to the Wrangell Police Department statement. “The truck ran two other drivers off the road before losing control and crashing off the road.”
Robison was heading south when he veered off the road on Zimovia Highway, across from TK’s Mini Mart, Police Chief Gene Meek said in an email on Sunday. Zimovia Highway was temporarily closed in both directions while police and fire crews responded to the accident.
Robison was injured in the crash and taken to the hospital for treatment, police said. He was arrested after leaving the hospital.
None of the other drivers were injured, according to police.
Police charged Robison with driving while under the influence of alcohol, hit and run for leaving the scene of an accident, and felony assault for “recklessly placing others in fear of imminent physical injury … for nearly striking two other vehicles while traveling at a high rate of speed,” according to the police statement.
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