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Driver tears up Main Avenue
Pueblo man allegedly was drunk early Monday
Herald Staff Writer
Photo by STEVE LEWIS/Herald
From left, Victor Manuel Hernandez, Joaquin Reyes and Manuel Santillan of Rio Grande Land pour concrete into the base of a new sign post after the original was knocked down early Monday morning at the southeast corner of College Drive and Main Avenuby an alleged drunken driver who drove the wrong way on a one-way road.
Caleb E. Fetty, 21, was being held Monday evening in the La Plata County Jail on $10,000 bail. He is suspected of drunken driving, felony assault on a police officer, criminal mischief, vehicular eluding and reckless driving.
The incident occurred at 12:41 a.m. when a police sergeant noticed a green 1994 Ford Explorer driving the wrong direction on a one-way road near east Fifth Street and Main Avenue.
The officer initiated a traffic stop, but the driver attempted to elude police, said Durango Police Capt. Micki Browning.
He turned right onto Main Avenue and continued the wrong direction on a one-way road.
He drove on the sidewalk and collided with a pillar and a road sign on the west side of the road. He then swerved east and took out a city bench, a sign post, a parking meter and grazed a newspaper stand.
The vehicle lost power steering, and the driver was taken into custody near College Drive and Main Avenue.
He was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center, where he assaulted a police officer, Browning said. The officer received a bruise but no other injuries, she said.
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