Driver on Drugs Crashes After Barely Missing Patrol Car

ALPINE, TX – A driver who had magic mushrooms and marijuana was injured in a crash after driving on the wrong side of the street in Alpine. 

According to the Brewster County Sheriff's Office, a Brewster County deputy was traveling westbound on US Highway 67/90, on the east side of Alpine when a vehicle crossed the center of the roadway into oncoming traffic, narrowly missing the patrol vehicle. The wrong-way vehicle collided with landscape boulders in an adjacent parking lot causing damage to the vehicle. 

During the investigation, deputies found a number of items of contraband including baggies of marijuana, baggies of psilocybin mushrooms, THC oil, and paraphernalia.

The driver was transported to the hospital by Alpine EMS. Charges are pending in this case.