COEUR d’ALENE — A reported drunken driver traveling the wrong way down Interstate 90 caused a Coeur d’Alene police officer to crash his squad car into the freeway barrier Sunday night.

The alleged intoxicated driver nearly struck a second officer on the freeway before police closed down the road and the suspect pulled her car over near Atlas Road and milepost 10 — four miles from the totaled police car.

“It’s amazing there wasn’t any other heavy traffic out there and nobody was hurt,” said Sgt. Christie Wood, police spokeswoman. “We’re so fortunate.”

Police estimated the wrong-way driver was traveling between 60 to 70 mph.

The police officer, Jordan Noble, suffered a minor abrasion to his arm but is in good condition and expected to be back on patrol as early as today, Wood said.

The driver, identified as Jodi L. Warner, also known as Jodi L. Turbin, 43, of Post Falls, was arrested for “excessive driving under the influence” and leaving the scene of a crash.

She posted a $1,300 bond on Monday, according to Kootenai County jail officials. Police said her blood alcohol level was .219, nearly three times the legal limit of .08 to drive a car.

According to police, Noble was responding to a report of a stabbing in the 2200 block of East Sherman Avenue around 9 p.m. He was driving in a marked police car with his sirens and lights activated when he suddenly noticed a car heading at him westbound in the left lane of the eastbound freeway. Noble had just passed another vehicle in the right lane, and swerved at the last moment to let the car moving in the wrong direction pass. He then struck the freeway concrete barrier head on near the Sherman Avenue exit on the east end of town, according to Wood.

“(Noble) just barely avoided the collision with the oncoming car,” Wood said. “He literally had to make a split-second decision.”

The officer’s speed wasn’t known at press time.

Noble was able to notify other units responding to the reported stabbing of his accident and Warner’s direction of travel. One officer — responding behind Noble — tried to block the lane so the driver would slow, but had to move out of the way when he realized the driver wasn’t pulling over, Wood said.

Police then shut down eastbound travel on the freeway and Warner eventually pulled over near milepost 10, police said.

The alleged stabbing turned out to be a non-reportable offense.

“We’re so relieved Officer Noble wasn’t injured, (Warner) wasn’t injured, or anybody else wasn’t injured. Really the only vehicles that came across her were police vehicles and even with lights and sirens, it didn’t make a difference,” Wood said. “It clearly demonstrates that people who drink that amount of alcohol have no business driving a car. It seems in this day and age with all the education on the subject of drinking and driving, adults would take the responsible steps necessary to secure a safe ride home.”