PHOTO COURTESY OF OSP
How does a passenger in a car get charged with driving under the influence? Well, it happened on May 25 on Highway 26 in Jefferson County near Warm Springs.
Around 3 p.m., the Oregon State Police responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident near milepost 108.
According to the OSP, a 2000 Subaru, operated by 48-year-old Aurel Stinson from Warm Springs was traveling westbound on Highway 26. It turns out, according to the OSP, that an altercation broke out between Stinson and her right front passenger, 42-year-old Fabian Sutterlee Jr., also from Warm Springs. Sutterlee Jr. grabbed the steering wheel and forced the Subaru onto the soft shoulder. Stinson attempted to regain control the Subaru but it traveled into a dirt slope where it rolled onto its roof. Stinson and Sutterlee Jr. were both transported to St. Charles Madras with minor injuries. Sutterlee Jr. would later be transported to St. Charles Bend by air from St. Charles Madras.
The investigation revealed both Stinson and Sutterlee Jr. were both impaired. Stinson was charged with DUII and Sutterlee Jr. was charged with DUII, reckless driving, reckless endangering, fourth-degree assault and first-degree criminal mischief.
