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02/21/2008: "And You Thought You Were Hammered Friday Night?"

Steven Stein was trying to drive home through an unfamiliar section of Portland early Saturday morning when he got lost. Of course, most of us might have gotten lost on those streets - considering it was a subway tunnel.

Hundreds of feet underground. On the MAX tracks near the Washington Park Zoo stop. More than a mile from the tunnel's entrance.
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Stein's misadventure stopped MAX train service for more than five hours Saturday morning, while Tri-Met workers figured out how to get his white Pontiac off the tracks. Once they accomplished that, there was repair work to do; about sixty thousand dollars' worth. "We go after the driver and their insurance company", declared Tri-Met's Mary Fetsch. "We do that in all situations." However, Fetsch said she's never really seen a situation like this one.

Needless to say, he's facing DUI charges along with having to pay for the damage he caused to the tracks.