A woman whose Nissan Versa ended up underneath a semi-truck on Interstate 8 in El Cajon Monday escaped serious injury and was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, authorities said.
Heidi Farst, 56, of El Cajon was driving westbound on I-8 near Main Street when her compact car was rear-ended by another vehicle just before 6 a.m. Farst’s car then collided with the semi-truck, flipped over and landed upside down underneath the rig, said California Highway Patrol Officer Travis Garrow.
Farst was freed from the wreckage and transported to Sharp Memorial Hospital for what were described as minor injuries, a CHP dispatcher said. She was then booked into the Las Colinas Detention Facility on suspicion of DUI, according to Garrow.
No other injuries were reported.
The crash triggered lane closures and a SigAlert. All lanes were reopened shortly after 8 a.m.
Updated at 2:36 p.m. Aug. 26, 2019
— City News Service
