The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A 20-year-old Indiana woman accused of driving under the influence was arrested on several charges after reportedly pulling into the path of a deputy and causing them to crash into her vehicle.
Last weekend, a deputy with the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office was taken to the hospital for several injuries he sustained during a traffic accident when he slammed into a car that reportedly pulled into his path. His vehicle went off the road and landed in a ditch, while the other car, which was carrying three passengers, was stalled on the street. Additional sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Washington Police Department went to the location.
Most of the individuals involved in the accident needed medical attention, and the deputy, the driver of the other vehicle, and two passengers were taken to the hospital. It was reported that the deputy had a head injury, and cuts on several parts of his body, and the passengers and driver were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. While there, the driver, who was found to have been convicted last month for an operating a vehicle while intoxicated charge, had her blood drawn to check for substances and find out her BAC. According to reports, the results were positive for opioids and THC, and her blood-alcohol concentration was 0.229%.