Woman Charged With DUI in Wrong-Way I-26 Crash

A South Carolina woman has been charged with drunken driving after authorities say she drove the wrong way on Interstate 26 and crashed into a tractor-trailer.

By: Fred Cunningham | News Channel 7
Published: December 10, 2009

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina woman has been charged with drunken driving after authorities say she drove the wrong way on Interstate 26 and crashed into a tractor-trailer.

WCSC-TV in Charleston reports that 57-year-old Gaynelle Cuthburtson of Summerton hit the tractor-trailer head on while driving the wrong way on I-26 near Jedburg Wednesday night.

Cuthburtson was flown to the Medical University of South Carolina and charged with DUI. It was not immediately clear if she had an attorney.

The tractor-trailer driver was not hurt.

The interstate's westbound lanes were shut down while authorities investigated the crash.

Information from: WCSC-TV

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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