Woman arrested for DUI after Saturday night accident

A woman is arrested for DUI after an auto incident sends an elementary school aged boy to the...
A woman is arrested for DUI after an auto incident sends an elementary school aged boy to the hospital. (KNOP/Jace Barraclough)(KNOP)
Published: Oct. 5, 2019 at 10:01 PM CDT
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North Platte Police say 46-year-old Lori Gutherless, North Platte, was arrested for drunk driving Saturday night. Her blood alcohol level was listed as .256 on the police report.

Police say Lori Gutherless hit another North Platte woman and her 9-year-old son at the Rodeo Road / Buffalo Bill intersection. The force of the crash pushed Gutherless into a traffic light pole and signal box.

The accident report shows Gutherless was driving west and then turned left at the stop light and hit the woman who was driving east on Rodeo Road. The woman and her son were taken to the hospital.

Gutherless was also taken to the hospital. The report shows her blood alcohol level at .256. The threshold for drunk driving is .08.