Franklin, TN – A Columbia woman charged with DUI is free on bond following a Sunday morning crash that injured her, and three other people. On 09/14/2014 at 5:30am, an officer who was dispatched to the scene found the car, driven by 26-year-old Brittney Carroll, in a median on Carothers Parkway near Bakers Bridge Avenue, where it had crashed into a tree. The officer determined Carroll to be under the influence, and arrested her. Carroll, charged with DUI and Violation of the Implied Consent Law, is free on a $1,500 bond. She is due in court on 10/02/2014 at 1:00pm. Thankfully, no one in the car was seriously injured.
Impaired driving related crashes constitute one of the nation’s leading health problems. Impairment is a factor in 33% of all crashes in the United States and these events result in more deaths a year than homicides.
Drive Drunk, Get Nailed
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