Drunk-Driving Display Gets Smashed
A man was arrested for investigation of drunk driving Wednesday after his van smashed into a storefront window display set up by Students Against Driving Drunk, police said.
A man identified as Raymond Barrientos Jr. drove across a center divider, over a sidewalk and into the storefront that held the display, according to Police Cmdr. Vern Gardner.
Barrientos, 35, was pinned behind the wheel and was freed by firefighters using steel cutters, according to Fire Capt. Hal Lawrence.
The van shattered two large windows, and Barrientos was hospitalized in stable condition for cuts on his forehead and a puncture wound on his fractured left leg.
“Even if I’d gone out and hired a publicity agent from Hollywood, he couldn’t have done a better job,” said Jim Maya, faculty adviser to Students Against Driving Drunk at Gilroy High School.
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