Man arrested on DUI charges after crashing into an ambulance
Feb. 28--PREMIER -- A McDowell County man who told a state trooper that he was out to pick up a pack of cigarettes for a female friend, was arrested for DUI and reckless driving after crashing into an ambulance that was transporting a patient.
William Carson Runyon, 41, of Premier was traveling north on U.S. Route 52 last weekend when he entered a left curve, spun out in his 2012 Nissan Pathfinder, crashed into a McDowell County Ambulance Authority vehicle that was transporting a patient and drove the ambulance into the guard rail.
"He said he was heading to Roderfield to pick up a pack of cigarettes for a woman," Senior Trooper J.C. Mann of the Welch Detachment, West Virginia State Police said. "The ambulance was torn up pretty bad, but I don't think either of the workers was injured. Another ambulance came out, continued transporting the patient and took the two workers with them."
According to Mann, Runyon registered a 0.088 on a breath analyzer, where 0.08 is over the legal limit.
The wreck occurred at about 2:15 p.m., on Feb. 21. Mann said that he arrested Runyon for DUI and reckless driving. He added that he did not consider weather to have been a factor in the crash.
-- Contact Bill Archer at barcher@bdtonline.com
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