Couple Arrested After Crashing Truck Into Jasper Taco Bell

Last updated on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

(JASPER) - A couple was arrested early Sunday morning after they crashed their vehicle into the front of the Taco Bell restaurant.

According to a Jasper Police report, officers were called to the restaurant at 1 a.m.

Police arrested both 30-year-old Benjamin Wagner and 27-year-old Christine Ziegler, both of Jasper.

Both had a blood-alcohol content of 0.17 percent.

Police say an employee at the restaurant called police after Wagner crashed a 1999 Ford Ranger into the front of the Taco Bell.

Then Ziegler got into the driver's seat, while Wagner attempted to push the truck away from the building.

Both were arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and taken to the Dubois County Security Center.

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