MIDDLETOWN, MD : Man charged with impaired driving in I-70 crash on Friday, December 2nd, 2016

A Middletown man has been charged with impaired driving after his car hit a tree on Interstate 70 westbound Friday night, according to Maryland State Police.

At about 10 p.m., Cody Poffenberger, 21, was injured after his car collided with a tree at the 32-mile marker of I-70, trapping him in the vehicle, Senior Trooper W. Talbert said Saturday.

The collision caused a fire to break out, he said.

Poffenberger was taken to a hospital but has since been released.

Laboratory tests to determine if Poffenberger was under the influence of alcohol or drugs have yet to be released, Talbert said.

Further details of the incident were not immediately available.

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Man charged with impaired driving in I-70 crash