Police: Man drives car through wall, into Rock River

Man facing 2nd OWI charge

Leah Linscheid by Leah Linscheid

A Janesville man is facing OWI charges after police say he drove through a wall and into the river overnight.

It happened just after midnight at “River’s Edge Bowling Alley” on West Holmes Street, according to a press release from the Janesville Police Department.

Police say 23-year-old Jesus Herrera didn’t stop at a stop sign and drove straight through a 2-foot-wall along the Rock River, going over into the water. He was pulled out by passersby, using jumper cables. Police took Herrera to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Herrera is now facing his second operating while intoxicated charge, along with operating after revocation and failure to have control.

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