Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes into House
An alleged drunk driver reportedly crashed into a Wisconsin home last week on Carlise Avenue.
The incident occurred April 17 and the driver, 24-year-old Shelly S. Herring was charged last Tuesday with third-offense operating while intoxicated, operating a motor vehicle with a revoked license and two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping.
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The Journal Times reports Racine police were called at about 4:04 a.m. April 17 to a report of a car crash at 1907 Carlisle Ave., according to a criminal complaint. The car had struck the house, starting a fire.
The car reportedly struck a tree, crossed over the median and plowed through a wooden fence before striking the home.
“A 27-year-old man, whom an officer said was crying and appeared intoxicated, told police he was sleeping in the back seat when the vehicle crashed,” the article reads. “Herring admitted to drinking alcohol earlier in the evening”
A blood test was taken to gauge the amount of alcohol in the woman’s system, but the results from the test have not yet been released.
During Herring’s initial appearance in court on Tuesday, she entered not-guilty pleas to the misdemeanor charges, according to the article.
The crash was just one of two involving a house that occurred that day.
The same morning in Racine about 1:40 a.m. on Victory Ave. a vehicle hit a duplex. The vehicle caught fire and caused $5,000 in damages to the duplex, according to the article.
Michelle L. Kirchoff, 48, was cited in connection with the crash. No criminal charges are expected to be filed in connection with the incident.
According to the United States Department of Transportation, every two hours, three people are killed in alcohol-related highway crashes. The consequences of drinking and driving are arrests, property damage, injuries, and thousands of deaths each year.
An estimated 4 million U.S. adults reported driving under the influence of alcohol at least once in 2010, yielding an estimated 112 million alcohol-impaired driving episodes.
Alcohol-related highway crashes accounted for 13,365 deaths in 2010. In addition, alcohol-related highway crashes annually cost Americans an estimated $37 billion.
