Crime & Safety
Man Crashes Pickup into Ardsley House, Police Say
The man was more than three times over the legal limit alcohol, according to police.
Abington Police arrested a Glenside man last Wednesday after he crashed into a Garfield Avenue house while allegedly drunk.
According to police, Olivio Solano-Rodriguez, 33, of Easton Road, was driving a silver Ford F-150 at about 8:30 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a turn near the corner of Jenkintown Road and Garfield Avenue. As a result, police said he drove through several bushes before crashing into the porch and exterior wall of a house in the 500 block of Garfield Avenue.
When police arrived, Solano-Rodriguez was standing next to the open driver’s side door of the vehicle. Police said Solano-Rodriguez smelled of alcohol and there was a cold, open 40-ounce bottle of Budweiser in the passenger seat, as well as another 40-ounce, sealed bottle of Budweiser on the passenger-side floor.
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Solano-Rodriguez failed several field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of 0.250 percent, according to police, which is more than three times over the legal limit. He was taken into custody at about 9:20 p.m.
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