A Department of Transportation and Public Facilities crew finishes the replacement of a section of guard rail on Egan Drive on Monday, July 16, 2018, that was taken out by a drunk driver over the weekend. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

A Department of Transportation and Public Facilities crew finishes the replacement of a section of guard rail on Egan Drive on Monday, July 16, 2018, that was taken out by a drunk driver over the weekend. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Car crashes into Egan guardrail after veering across median

Alcohol appears to be factor in early-morning crash, police say

A pickup truck swerved across the median on Egan Drive in the early hours of the morning Sunday, police say, and the truck took out about 15 feet of a guardrail on the far side of the road.

About 3:01 a.m. Sunday, according to Juneau Police Department Public Safety Manager Erann Kalwara, officers arrived in the area of Egan Drive near Twin Lakes to find a 2002 red Chevy Silverado hanging halfway off the guardrail.

The only person in the car was a 31-year-old man, who was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital for injuries. There was no update available on his condition as of Monday afternoon.

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Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the crash, according to a JPD dispatch, but Kalwara said the man has not been charged with anything yet. JPD does not release the names of people who have not been charged, Kalwara said.

Kalwara said it appears the car crossed the median from the outbound lane and ended up hitting the guardrail on the inbound lane. Damage to the vehicle, Kalwara said, was estimated at $5,000.

The damaged section of guardrail stretched about 15 feet long, Kalwara said, and construction crews were out Monday morning to replace the rail. Tire tracks were visible in the median leading toward the area of the damaged guardrail. By early afternoon, construction crews had mostly finished their repairs.

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