Suspected DWI driver slams into pole in south Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Energy crews are working to replace a utility pole after a driver slammed into it early Thursday morning in south Austin.
Austin police say the crash happened just before 3 a.m. on East Oltorf Street and Alta Vista Avenue, right down the street from Travis High School. Police say a driver struck the pole—breaking it in half—but when officers arrived, the driver was nowhere to be found.
“He left some narcotics. He left some cocaine,” said Sgt.