Traffic & Transit
Drunken Driver Hits Double-Parked Car In Rockville: Police
A driver who hit a parked car was well beyond the legal limit, Vernon police said.
VERNON, CT — A drunken driver and a double-parked car did not make a good combination in the Rockville section of Vernon over the weekend.
According to an arrest report, at 5:51 p.m. Saturday, a vehicle traveling on the 100 block of West Main Street smashed into an unoccupied, "illegally parked" car. When officers arrived, they could smell alcohol on the driver, a 57-year-old Tolland woman, according to an arrest report.
The woman first failed field sobriety tests and then registered blood alcohol levels of .2085 and .2060 on breath tests, well beyond the state's .08 legal limit.
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She also had a "misused" registration plate on the car and no insurance, police said.
The driver was charged with driving under the influence, driving an unregistered motor vehicle, driving without minimum insurance, falsifying a marker plate and following too closely. She has a court date of June 17.
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