Hays Post

A Hays man was arrested for driving under the influence Thursday morning after the truck he was driving veered off of the roadway and struck a light pole near the corner of 27th and Hall.

Tobias A. Taylor, 23, of Hays, was southbound on Hall Street just after 10 a.m. when he veered to left off the roadway and struck a utility pole in the right of way in front of Wyndham Place Senior Residence, said Lt. Brandon Wright of the Hays Police Department.

Taylor was arrested for DUI and unlawful use of toxic vapor under what Wright referred to as the “huffing law.”

No one was injured in the accident, and no one lost power as a result of the downed pole.

Taylor was driving a GMC Sierra registered to Hays Ready-Mix, according to Wright.