Posted on 09/13/2024 7:35:42 PM PDT by simpson96
IDAHO FALLS — A woman was arrested after she crashed into a DMV building in Idaho Falls.
The incident happened Thursday night and was reported at 11:25. There was “extensive damage to the north side of the DMV building,” according to Idaho Falls Police Department spokeswoman Jessica Clements.
A driver and three adult passengers were traveling southbound on Yellowstone Avenue at E Street.
The white Mazda SUV jumped the curb, drove onto the grass, hit two parked vehicles owned by the county and crashed into the north end of the building, Clements said.
The driver, Breeyona Vallo, 21, was arrested for felony aggravated DUI. Clements said a breathalyzer test showed a 0.185 and a 0.184 blood alcohol level. 0.08% is the legal blood alcohol limit in Idaho.
A 28-year-old passenger was also arrested on a misdemeanor warrant for probation violation for DUI, Clements added.
City of Idaho Falls spokesman Eric Grossarth said all four people were transported to a local hospital. It’s unknown how bad their injuries were.
On Friday morning, the DMV building on the side labeled “D7 Treatment Program, Bonneville County Drug Court” had boarded up windows. One window that was still exposed had been shattered. On the pavement, there was still leftover glass. On the grass nearby was what appeared to be a few car parts.
A viewer sent pictures to EastIdahoNews.com showing the inside of the building with broken glass and debris strewn everywhere.
Clements said the vehicle involved was towed and no other injuries were reported.
That’s not good...................
Hey, maybe she was there to renew her license.
Guilty!
Maybe.
Yes, very.
At all.
Well, she just blew her ‘Safe Driver’ classification all to heck..................
Did she get her license renewed?
Ya beat me to it!!
She won’t need it where she’s goin’....................😏
Considering it is the DMV I see some good in this. LOL. Hope they do no come down on her to hard, but considering it is the DMV they will.
Lazamataz is the ultimate judge of guilty nor not. Knowing Laz's dubious eyesight and morality I judge it a maybe until Laz voices his ultimate and profoundly correct an unassailable judgement. It is rumored that Laz drinks a little. Thus his postings on judgement are much better in the mornings.
Have a good day Laz.
What made it even worse was it was a combination commercial and personal DMV (I don't know if they all do commercial stuff now as well, but it was a rarity back then.
They had a DMV officer in there standing guard (even before one would imagine mass shootings in DMVs would have become a thing) and they wore uniforms similar to the State Police, as if they wanted to be State Police but had to settle for being Registry Officers.
I hated it. You couldn't avoid somehow getting into a wrong line, which I did once and only found out after about an hour or so of waiting that I had to go to the back of some other line, and I nearly blew a fuse.
It was also a weird building. It was circular, I suppose they were trying to be futuristic when they built it back in the Sixties, I guess. And not that big. So the layout was odd inside.
It was where I got my license, took my driver test, and had to go there to transfer plates, etc. I used to dread it. I began to avoid that Registry like the plague, and would drive an extra 20-30 miles to go to ANY other Registry than that one.
Fast forward forty years. My wife and I were watching the movie "Knives Out", which was filmed in Massachusetts, some in my town, and included a scene that featured prominently the dry cleaners where I rented my tux for my wedding from. This was interesting and fun to watch.
And there was a scene in the movie where someone committed arson at a State Police lab to destroy a toxicology report, and when I saw this on the screen, I nearly leaped out of my seat and began pumping my fist while shouting "YES! YES! YES!
I had no idea that old Registry was going to be in the movie, but it was so distinctive in appearance, the instant I saw that scene I blurted out "They're burning down the Marlborough Registry!" Well. As traumatized as I had been by that place, you can only imagine my disappointment as I drove by it hoping to see scorched ground and rubble only to see it intact with its usual brooding malignant appearance, realizing then that it was only a contrived Hollywood scene, and no horrible Registry was actually harmed in the filming!
One final note in this: Sometime in the Eighties, I had to go to a Registry of Motor Vehicles to get a new plate when I was in college. I had Florida plates, and had to get Massachusetts plates. I went in there loaded for bear, being the first one in when it opened. I had taken half a day off from classes, had everything double and triple checked, and girded myself to do battle with government bureaucrats.
I was ready.
I went in there, and...it took three minutes. They took my Florida plate with the $20 I slid under the window, and gave me a shiny new plate. I stood there blinking, unmoving, until the guy jolted me back to reality with a loud "NEXT." and I walked out into the morning sunshine in a daze.
As you can guess, I viewed this story of the woman ramming her car into the Registry as a blow for all of us mistreated and traumatized by those places!
LOL, YOU know what I’m talking about in the post above!
Breeyona
3 Sheets to the Breeze…….. Bree~Yona
She was headed for treatment. She mistakenly thought it was a drive through window.
In the CGI cartoon movie “ZOOTOPIA” where the characters are all human-like animals, the DMV clerks are SLOTHS...............
Hahaha I remember that!
We don’t have a DMV ‘office’ in Florida any more.
All licensing is taken over by the County Tax Collectors offices..........
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