PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -
Portland police cite a man in a hospital for drunken and reckless driving after two crashes.
Police say at 8:32 p.m. on Oct. 10, they responded to a crash involving two cars on I-205 at Foster Road.
Officers found two drivers suffering injuries and paramedics rushed them to Portland hospitals for treatment.
Police determined that 24-year-old Artemio Diaz-Ibarias was involved in a minor hit-and-run accident on North Glisan above I-205 and then sped away from the area on I-205.
A witness reported the accident.
Police say on the interstate, Diaz-Ibarias rear-ended a pick-up that was stopped on the right shoulder of the freeway at the Foster Road exit.
The driver of the truck, 22-year-old Marcos Romero, suffered minor pain as a result of the crash.
Investigators determined that Diaz-Ibarias blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit of .08 percent.
Officers cited him at the hospital.
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