Woman Arrested For DUI After Driving With a Tree Stuck In Her Car’s Grill

When people didn’t believe their story, the police department of Roselle, Illinois released dash-cam footage showing a woman being pulled over while driving at night with a 15-foot tree protruding from her vehicle’s front bumper.

Roselle police explained the incident in a Facebook post last Friday, explaining that they pulled the driver over when an officer saw the damaged vehicle and found the airbags had been deployed, presumably from hitting the tree lodged squarely in the car’s grill.

Upon further investigation, the officer found the driver to be driving under the influence of alcohol and promptly arrested her

“Yet another reason why you should not drink and drive,” said one Facebook post.

A few weeks ago, a Roselle police officer saw a car driving southbound on Roselle Road with a 15-foot tree embedded in...
Posted by Roselle Police Department on Friday, March 4, 2016

The two Facebook posts have accrued over 26,000 shares as of this writing.

Check out the video for yourself below:

Since we are new to Facebook, we were not quite sure what to expect from our post. We have received requests to post the video from this call. Some just didn't believe it was true, so we have attached a short video of this call.The first portion of the video is in slow-motion and shows the car traveling in the opposite direction; the second portion shows the officer trying to stop the car and then as he approaches the driver. Yes, it is true and it happened! DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!
Posted by Roselle Police Department on Monday, March 7, 2016