3/2/13 - The Livingston County Sheriffâs Department was busy Friday morning dealing with three accidents believed to be the result of drug and alcohol use. Everything started at around 6:30am Friday with a crash at Clark Road and M-59 in Hartland in which a 45-year-old Highland Township woman registered a .17% blood alcohol level. Bezotte says another accident followed at around 8am that happened at the corner of Linden and Bennett Lake Roads and involved a 55-year-old Goodrich woman who got lost on her way home from Soaring Eagle Casino. Bezotte says also tested positive for alcohol and registered a .20% BAC at the scene. Finally around 11am, he says 911 reports started coming in of a driver all over southbound US-23 and a single car accident was reported shortly thereafter in the median of the freeway, just south of M-59 involving a 35-year-old Durand man. Bezotte says alcohol is not believed to be involved in that case but the man was taken into custody for operating under the influence of prescription drugs, which were sent to the Michigan State Police Crime Lab for identification. He says that suspect likely wonât be officially charged until toxicology reports come back. (JM)
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