Durango, CO : Durango officials identify driver in Main Avenue bump-out crash on Wednesday, 16th September, 2020

A suspected drunken driver careened through a “bump-out” Wednesday night on Main Avenue in Durango, sending four people to the hospital, according to the Durango Police Department.

The crash occurred at 9:35 p.m. in the 900 block of Main Avenue, taking out the bump-outs in front of Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant and Maria’s Bookshop, said Sgt. Dave Peterson with the police department.

Four people eating dinner at Tequila’s were taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center, Peterson said. The most serious injury appeared to be a broken leg, he said, but it was later determined the man’s leg was not broken.

A woman driving a black Nissan Altima with New Jersey license plates was taken to the La Plata County Jail on suspicion of drunken driving.

The woman was driving north on Main Avenue when she plowed through the Tequila’s bump-out and then into Maria’s bump-out, which includes a garden area.

A city spokesman identified the driver as Megan Wilmot, 29, of Durango. She was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, four counts of misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, criminal attempt (hit and run) and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

She was released Thursday from the La Plata County Jail on $1,500 bail.

Marry Hernandez, manager at Tequila’s, said the restaurant had four tables in the bump-out, but only one table was being used at the time of the crash, with four people at the table.

The city identified the four victims as Karina Lozano, Perla Ramirez, Sabrina Miguez-Ruiz and Jose Sahagun, all residents of Durango. All victims were taken to Mercy, with Sahagun suffering the worst injury, said Mitchell Carter, spokesman with the city. First responders initially thought Sahagun suffered a broken leg, but it was not broken, Carter said.

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