A drunk driver crashed onto a Cape Cod beach, police say
The tide then started to flood the front of his car, according to police.
A drunk driver allegedly went through a stop sign early Monday morning and then drove over 100 feet of sand to the water’s edge of a beach in Falmouth, where the tide flooded the front of his car, police say.Responding officers found the car unoccupied shortly after 1 a.m. and then located the driver attempting to hide in an adjacent yard, police said on Facebook.
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Police say the man drove through the stop sign at the end of Maravista Avenue and across Menauhant Road before coming to a stop on the beach.
The driver — the sole occupant of the car — was arrested for operating under the influence, operating to endanger, and operating with a suspended license, among other charges. A warrant had previously been issued for his arrest for having an uninsured and unregistered vehicle, police said.
