DWI suspected in fish truck crash

Friday, January 2, 2015

EUGENE, Ore. -- State police are investigating whether the driver of a tanker truck was drunk when it crashed and spilled thousands of baby salmon onto a road in western Oregon. Officials estimate 11,000 juvenile salmon died in Tuesday's wreck on state Highway 126 east of Eugene. The fish were going to be released in a river south of Eugene. State police Lt. Josh Brooks said an initial blood test showed the driver had a blood- alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.

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