A 17-year-old from Fairfield County is going through misdemeanor fees after police mentioned she admitted that she smoked marijuana whereas driving earlier than crashing her car.
Officers responded to a report of a rollover crash in Darien at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, in keeping with the Darien Police Division.
Police mentioned officers discovered the car on its left aspect, partially off the roadway within the bushes within the space of Hole Tree Ridge Highway close to Linden Avenue.
Whereas officers have been serving to the driving force out of the car by way of the sunroof, they smelled a “robust order of marijuana coming from the car,” police mentioned.
The teenager, who’s from Darien, advised police she had smoked marijuana whereas driving and she or he thought she had fallen asleep on the wheel, authorities reported.
A witness on the scene additionally advised police that the driving force had admitted to her that she had smoked marijuana, authorities mentioned.
Police mentioned investigators decided that the teenager had struck one other car from behind earlier than her car rolled over.
The teenager was taken to a hospital after the crash.
She was issued a misdemeanor summons for fees of driving below the affect as a minor, failure to drive proper and failure to drive a secure distance leading to a motorized vehicle accident, authorities mentioned.
She is ready to look in courtroom on Monday, Dec. 13, police mentioned.
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