Watkinsville Police Blotter: Downed Tree Crushes Mustang

In his weekly news release, Chief Lee O'Dillon recapped some of the incidents that police responded to during the week ending Dec. 11.

• On Monday, Dec. 5 around 7 a.m., the driver of a 202 Ford F-350 backed from a driveway and struck a parked 2000 Honda Passport on Simonton Drive. The Honda suffered heavy damage. No one was injured.

• Police responded to North Main Street at White Street on Tuesday at 4:35 p.m after a chain reaction crash. The driver of a 2000 Buick Century, traveling southbound, slammed into the rear of a stopped 2002 Toyota 4-Runner. The 4-Runner was forced into the back of a 2011 Toyota Rav-4, which then struck the rear of a 1998 Nissan Maxima, which was attempting to make a left turn. All four vehicles suffered heavy damage. None of the drivers required medical treatment. Traffic was disrupted for a short while. A 23-year-old Athens man was cited with following too closely.

• As a strong wind storm passed through the area Wednesday afternoon, a few trees and large limbs were downed. A 1997 Ford Mustang was crushed by a falling tree while parked outside of a North Main Street residence.

• A Friday morning traffic stop resulted in charges filed against a Bishop’s Vineyard woman. At 12:20 a.m. on Dec. 9, police stopped the driver of a V.W. Jetta for traveling at a high rate of speed on Harden Hill Road. After failing sobriety a 26-year-old resident of Niagra Drive, was charged with speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Watkinsville police responded to a total of 33 calls within city limits between Monday, Dec. 5 and Sunday, Dec 11.

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