By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
ASSARIA - A Salina man was arrested Thursday afternoon after the car he was driving went off an exit ramp and launched over an overpass on Interstate 135.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that Matthew Griffin, 45, of Salina, was northbound on I-135 in a Ford Fusion when he began driving up the Assaria exit ramp south of Salina, then onto the grassy area between the exit ramp and the highway.
Soldan said the car struck the guardrail along the south side of Assaria Road and launched over the road, finally coming to a stop in the median of I-135 north of the exit.
An acquaintance called the sheriff's office to report that Griffin had been drinking and was driving in excess of 100 mph, but the accident occurred before deputies could locate him, Soldan said.
Griffin was transported to Salina Regional Health Center for treatment of a head laceration and then was booked into the Saline County Jail on the following requested charges, Soldan said.
●Driving under the influence of alcohol
●Transporting an open container
●Driving with a suspended license
●Making an unsafe turn
●Improper driving on a laned roadways
The Fusion was disabled and had to be towed.