WINONA, Minn. — A driver missed a driveway ramp out of the Super Eight motel and rolled down a steep embankment into a U.S. Highway 61 ditch. The driver was unhurt, police said. He also was drunk: A breathalyzer showed his blood-alcohol at 0.23% — roughly three times the legal impairment threshold. Michael Allen Mandt, age 51, of Stacy, which is north of St. Paul, was charged with drunken driving. Police had been called about 11:20 p.m. by utility workers who heard a car crashing through trees down an access street and then farther down to U.S. 61. Police found Mandt climbing the embankment back to the motel. They said he smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot and watery eyes, and slurred speech. Field sobriety exercises confirmed impairment, police said.
