Driver identified in Rochester city building crash Thursday night; faces multiple felony charges

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Woman identified in drunk driving crash

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(ABC 6 News) – A driver crashed into a city-owned Rochester building Thursday night after showing signs of impairment, according to the Rochester Police Dept.

Authorities have identified the driver as 35-year-old Megan Swanstrom of Rochester. She faces multiple felony charges, including first degree assault, second degree assault, felony fleeing and DWI.

The incident happened around 7:30 p.m.

Dispatch received a report of a driving weaving in and out of traffic near Elton Hills Drive NW and Broadway Ave. N before it crashed into the Development Services and Infrastructure Center off of West River Parkway. Grayson also says the driver went the wrong direction and struck into other vehicles.

One witness says he almost ran head on into the other driver while on his way to the gym.

“She was trying to play chicken with me or something tried to run into me intentionally like straight up head on,” he said. “Then I just had to scoot out of the way on to the curb and into the sidewalk and stop right away.”

According to Rochester police, Swanstrom showed signs of impairment and has since been taken into custody.

Officials with the Rochester Fire Dept. conducted a structural assessment of the building that was crashed into and determined there were no significant issues.

“Everybody can get out of the building,” said RPD Captain Jon Turk. “There are different entrances. There was nobody in the lobby at the time when it happened.”

No one has been reported injured in the incident.