RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A violent crash in Raleigh overnight was not a case drunk driving as originally thought, according to Raleigh Police Department.
Around 1:30 a.m. a man jumped a curb near the intersection of Lynn Road and Pleasant Pines Drive and slammed into a tree. The force of the crash was so great, the engine of the vehicle flew out of the car.
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Investigators initially thought the driver was drunk. In fact, they took him straight to jail.
However, they soon realized he was not drunk; he had just had a medical episode while driving.
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Officers then took the man to the hospital to be checked out. Doctors said he will be OK, but that he was lucky to be alive after the crash.