BEAVERTON, Oregon (AP) — Police say a driver whose truck crashed through an overpass guard rail and dangled above a busy Oregon highway for nearly an hour had six times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Firefighters using a ladder and basket plucked 38-year-old Matthew Alan Hamilton from the truck Saturday.
Authorities say he had a blood alcohol content of 0.50 percent, more than six times the 0.08 percent limit in Oregon.
Hamilton was charged with drunken driving and driving while his license was suspended from a previous drunken driving charge and was to appear in court Monday.
