PIERRE, (KCCR) — A woman was arrested on drug and other charges Tuesday by the South Dakota Highway Patrol after smashing into a vehicle while driving through Pierre. The crash happened around 1:20 pm at the intersection of Highland and Sioux Avenues. Department of Public Safety Communications Director Brad Reiners says a Chevy Impala approached the intersection at a high rate of speed and side-swiped a pick-up truck waiting for the stoplight to change. The impact ripped the front passenger tire from the Impala, but the sedan continued through the intersection, crossing over the other lane, over a curb and through the parking lot of the Wells Fargo bank at Sioux and Pawnee Street before stopping in the 300 block of South Pawnee. Both vehicles were disabled as a result of damage in the crash. The female driver of the Impala was arrested on charges of D-U-I, Possession of a Schedule One Drug, Drug Paraphernalia, Open Container and Careless Driving. Neither driver was injured in the crash. The pick-up driver was male. No other identifying information was released by the Highway Patrol.
