PLEASANT HILL — A person who police suspect of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol drove an SUV off the second floor of a downtown parking garage early Sunday, police said.

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Police said they arrested the motorist on suspicion of driving under the influence following the 4 a.m. flight from the second floor of the downtown parking garage at 160 Crescent Drive. The driver did not sustain any injuries, and nobody else was in the area because of the time of morning, police said.

“There is no open space” for a car to ease its way into falling off the second floor, Pleasant Hill police Sgt. Mike Hurlbut said in describing the crash. “It went through a little pillar or some pipes.”

Hurlbut said police are unlikely to determine how fast the car was going when it left t

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