WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man was arrested after a hit-and-run accident in which a pickup struck a car with two people inside. It didn’t begin as a hit-run, police said. This is how police reconstructed what happened: Brennan Luke Husman, 42, rear-ended a stopped vehicle at East Sanborn and Hamilton streets. Both drivers got out of their vehicles. Husman told the struck driver he would write a check for the damages. While this was happening, the passenger in the struck vehicle called 911. When Husman realized this, he got back into pickup and took off. This was about 2 p.m. When police arrived, they obtained the pickup plate number from the other driver and traced it to Husman. At Husman’s house on East Howard Street, they found him exiting his pickup. Husman blamed the other driver for slamming on his brakes. He said he didn’t know the proper protocol for the situation, so he left. As Husman was recounting his version, police noted he was wobbly with bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech, and smelling like a gin mill. Husman denied drinking but refused breath tests. Officers took him in anyway and charged him with hit and run, driving while impaired, and refusing blood-alcohol tests. Back at the accident scene, the other driver was OK, but his passenger complained of back pain.
