KALAMAZOO, MI    (WKZO) --  Kalamazoo Public Safety says it has a drunk driver in custody after the suspect tried to flee from police went out of control and smashed into a power pole at Elizabeth and Woodward on Kalamazoo’s north side just before 1.a.m. Sunday. 

It began when they tried to pull the driver over for a traffic violation and the car sped off.   The driver was transported to the Kalamazoo County Jail to sober up.