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Milwaukie police released this picture of the two vehicles involved in a head-on crash Friday night near the 5800 block of Southeast Johnson Creek Boulevard.

(Milwaukie Police Department)

Employees at the Meadow's Lounge, concerned that a Portland woman had drunk too much to safely get behind the wheel, went into the parking lot to try to stop her from driving off, Milwaukie police say.

They were unsuccessful, and moments later the woman had veered into the wrong lane and

with a Portland man at about 7:40 p.m. Friday, according to police.

Milwaukie police identified the woman involved in the crash near the 5800 block of Southeast Johnson Creek Boulevard as Lauren Louise Felton, 51, of Northeast Portland. Felton and the driver of the other vehicle, Ronald Eugene Preuett, were both taken to the hospital, said Officer Ulli Neitch, a Milwaukie police spokeswoman.

Neitch said that Felton broke her arm but that she otherwise did not know the extent of her injuries or those sustained by Preuett. Neitch said that police are investigating Felton for drunken driving.

Workers at the Meadow's Lounge at 5823 S.E. Johnson Creek Blvd. "went into the parking lot and told her not to leave," said Neitch, "and she drove away from them."

Neitch said the workers told police that they had stopped serving her earlier in the evening but did not feel she was safe to drive. A woman who answered the phone at Meadow's declined to comment.

-- Jeff Mapes