Allianz Police respond to a suspected drunk driving accident

ALLIANCE, Ohio (WOIO) – According to a post on social media, Alliance police officers responded to a suspected drunk driving accident Saturday evening.

In a post on Facebook, the Alliance Police Department reported that officers responded to a drunk driving crash on East State Street around 10:45 p.m.

The post said the accident occurred in front of the hospital.

Photos posted on Facebook showed officers responding to a badly damaged vehicle and closing the road.

A police Instagram post played both the 911 call and body camera footage from a responding officer.

The video shows the officer questioning the driver immediately after the accident.

The officer asked, “What happened?”

The driver replied: “I was drinking and driving, to be honest.”

According to the video, the driver was coming from Taco Bell.

Alliance Police said in the video that the driver was charged with OVI and fortunately he was OK.

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