HIROSHIMA - A 27-year-old police officer arrested after crashing into a utility pole in Hiroshima was found to have been driving under the influence, with a blood test detecting nearly three times the legal alcohol limit. Hamashita had been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after his vehicle struck a utility pole in a single-vehicle accident on a city road in Hiroshima's Naka Ward early on July 20. Police said Hamashita smelled of alcohol after the crash but refused to take a breath test at the scene. Authorities subsequently conducted a blood test, which detected alcohol at roughly three times the legal limit. Police added a charge of driving under the influence before referring the case to prosecutors.