JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. — James City County Police said a Newport News woman was arrested after she crashed and hit several power poles early Monday morning.
It was sometime after 3 a.m. when James City County Police responded to a single-vehicle crash in the 7100 block of Pocahontas Trail (Route 60), Deputy Chief Steve Rubino said.
Police said a 2015 Honda Civic was heading west on Pocahontral Trail when the car left the roadway and hit multiple poles. The impact knocked them down.
The car came to rest in a yard at 7115 Pocahontas Trail.
Alyssa Nichole Pettigrew, 42, of Newport News, is charged with DUI and reckless driving.
She is at Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail on a $2,500 secured bond.
VDOT and Dominion Energy Crews are currently at the scene. Pocahontas Trail is closed in both directions as of 7 a.m.
According to the Dominion Energy outage map, 20 customers near the area where the crash occurred are without power.