An IU student was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after she crashed into a car in an intersection, causing it to flip and injuring its passengers.
McKenna Russell, 19, faces preliminary charges of operating while intoxicated and consumption of alcohol as a minor. Her blood alcohol content was about one and a half times the legal limit, said Bloomington Police Department Capt. Steve Kellams.
Russell was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday when she ran through a red light at Third Street and College Mall Road.
She hit a Ford Escape, causing it to spin and flip over once. A woman in the passenger side of the Ford suffered broken bones in her wrist and hand, and the driver sustained lacerations in his left hand, Kellams said.
Both the injured driver and passenger were transported to IU Health Bloomington Hospital for treatment. Russell was booked into the Monroe County Jail shortly after 3 a.m. that morning.
Kellams said he had no reason to believe any other passengers were in Russell’s car at the time of the crash.
Samantha Schmidt
