Deputies Track Down Drunk Driver Through Woods: Officials

RACINE COUNTY, WI — Sheriff's deputies in Racine County say they managed to track down a drunk driving suspect through the cold on Saturday afternoon.

According to sheriff's officials, deputies received a report that the driver of a white SUV left the road and hit a tree on Highway 11 just east of the Burlington Bypass on Highway 83.

The person who called the sheriff's office also indicated that the driver was driving recklessly prior to the crash. According to sheriff's officials, while deputies were still on their way to the crash scene, the driver of the vehicle, Bruce, D. Young, fled on foot into a wooded area.

According to sheriff's officials, deputies tracked him through the wooded area and took him into custody. He was arrested for an OWI-5th offense, operating without a license and several other traffic citations, authorities said.

Sheriff's officials said he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the Memorial Hospital in Burlington and is being held in the Racine County Jail.

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