Troopers arrest Fairbanks woman on felony DUI charge after Parks Highway sign crash

A driver on the Parks Highway near Denali hit a highway sign Thursday and kept going, Alaska State Troopers said. Another motorist had already reported the vehicle was struggling to stay on the road.

Troopers got the tip at 5 pm about a silver Toyota RAV4 heading south near Mile 240, according to the trooper dispatch. The vehicle struck a sign at Mile 232. Troopers caught up with the driver, Lillybeth Hansen, 32, of Fairbanks, at Mile 231.

A breath test nearly four hours after troopers reached her measured 0.260, more than three times Alaska's legal limit of 0.08.

Hansen is charged with felony DUI, driving with a revoked license and leaving the scene of an accident. Alaska law makes DUI a felony when a driver has two or more qualifying prior convictions within 10 years. She was booked into Fairbanks Correctional Center and is held without bail pending arraignment. The charges are accusations, and she is presumed innocent.

Troopers ask drivers who spot dangerous driving on Alaska roads to call 911 and report it.