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Driver Cited For Crashing Into Power Pole

BEND, OR -- A Bend woman is accused of driving under the influence of drugs and causing a Wednesday afternoon crash in Deschutes River Woods. Sheriff's deputies responded to the area of Baker and Apache roads at about 2:20 p.m. The initial report was a vehicle had crashed into a power pole and the vehicle was on fire. 

Upon arrival, the deputies determined the vehicle was not on fire, but the crash caused the power lines to fall to the ground and start nearby grass on fire. Neighbors were working to extinguish the fire. When the deputies first arrived they used their fire extinguishers to put it out. 

Deputies say the driver of the Subaru Legacy, 50-year-old Lisa Hall was driving east on Baker Road when she went off the roadway colliding into a rock outcropping causing her to go airborne and crash into a power pole guide wire which caused the power lines to go down. Hall’s vehicle ultimately came to a stop when it collided with a moving truck and her vehicle got stuck underneath. When Hall collided with the rock outcropping one of the rocks went airborne and struck a passing car with three people inside; none were hurt. 

Hall was taken to St. Charles by ambulance for non-life threatening injuries. DCSO says she tried to run away when she got to the hospital. Hall was quickly detained by deputies. Due to evidence obtained during the crash investigation deputies had probable cause to believe Hall was driving under the influence of intoxicants (drugs). 

The roadway was closed for approximately one and a half hours while the power lines were repaired. 

Hall was cited and released at St. Charles for DUII, Reckless Driving, Reckless Endangering (X4), Criminal Mischief I, and Criminal Mischief II. 

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