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Last updated on Tuesday, June 5, 2018
(SHOALS) - A Bedford woman was arrested after she crashed her vehicle in two separate accidents in Shoals, Sunday morning.
At 8:30 a.m., Martin County Sheriff deputies were called to an accident at the JayC Food Store with a vehicle fleeing the scene.
Ten minutes later deputies were alerted that the vehicle that fled the first accident had crashed into some trash cans and the support beam at Bo Mac's Drive-In.
Martin County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Keith Keller and Loogootee Police Chief Kelly Rayhill responded to the second crash scene. Chief Rayhill arrived first due to Sergeant Keller being in northern Martin County at the time of the original call. Chief Rayhill detained the driver until Sergeant Keller arrived.
When police arrived they detained 45-year-old Bridget J. Adams, of Bedford. Police say they could detect the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from Adams. She was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment, OWI per se and leaving the scene of an accident. Police say her blood-alcohol content was 0.418 percent.
Adams wa transported her to Daviess Community Hospital for a medical evaluation and then arrested.
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