HOUSTON — METRO police had to call in a crane to remove a woman’s Cadillac SUV after she drove on the elevated tracks north of downtown.
Jail records show the woman, identified as 29-year-old Jeanette Perez, is charged with driving while intoxicated.
The incident happened in the 1800 block of N. Main near Hogan.
Both METRO and Houston police responded to reports of a woman heading southbound on the tracks from the Burnett Transit Center along Hogan. She continued down the tracks nearly 500 feet before she crashed into a pole, disabling the SUV.
Perez was placed in the back of a patrol car for questioning and was later charged by METRO PD.
A crane had to come out to pick the vehicle off the tracks and bring it down to the street below.
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