Driver Passes Out In Construction Zone After Using Drugs: Police

WESTLAKE, OH — A woman was found passed out in her car last week. Police believe the woman used narcotics before offices arrived on the scene.

At 11 p.m. on Aug. 3, callers reported a car had stopped in a construction zone on Hilliard Boulevard, near Columbia Road. When police arrived, they saw a woman slumped in the driver's seat.

Officers were able to rouse the woman, but she appeared lethargic, according to a police spokesperson. There were signs of "illicit drug use in plain view," police said.

An ambulance was called to the scene. However, EMS and police had to place the woman in a cot before she could be taken to University Hospitals St. John Medical Center.

Police said the woman admitted to consuming a narcotic and has been cited with operating a vehicle while under the influence.