MASON CITY – A Mason City man was jailed on a charge of drunk driving after he struck a parked vehicle on a residential street Friday evening.
Police were called to the intersection of 15th Street SE and Virginia Avenue around 9 PM Friday evening, February 20, 2015 after a two-car collision.
Thomas Eugene Ethington, age 62, was driving in the 700 block of 15th Street SE when he allegedly struck a Dodge Ram pickup truck owned by Brent Hanson of Mason City. Ethington’s car sustained major damage while Hanson’s pickup – which he just bought 3 weeks ago – suffered severe damage, he said.
“The box is damage(d) and he broke the rear end. Roughly $8,000 (in damages) if not more,” Hanson told NIT.
Ethington was apparently not injured in the collision, but was later arrested on a charge of first offense operating while intoxicated and taken to the county jail. He was soon released, pending a court date.
