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There were live
power wires down on the car when a police sergeant came across
the crash scene in Shoreline, just north of Seattle, around 1:30
a.m., said Detective Jason Houck, a spokesman for the King
County Sheriff's Department.
Firefighters and utility crews disabled the wires and found a
24-year-old woman inside the car who was in and out of
consciousness, he said.
She was not wearing any clothes, he said. The woman, who was not
badly injured, was taken to a hospital where blood was drawn to
determine if she was driving under the influence of drugs or
alcohol, Houck said.
She could face criminal charges depending on the outcome of the
test.
The crash knocked out power to about 4,400 people for about four
hours, Houck said.
Seattle City Light had power restored by about 5:30 a.m., the
utility said.
"Many people didn't know until they woke up late for work
because their alarms didn't go off," Houck said.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Cynthia Johnston
and Mohammad Zargham)
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