Woman crawling on roadside after being thrown out of Uber for being drunk rescued, later arrested
BAINBRIDGE, OHIO: A motorist stopped to assist a woman crawling alongside the road near the Lake in the Woods Drive on Saturday, November 12, around 6.45 pm. He then took her to a restaurant on East Washington Street to seek help. The 26-year-old Bainbridge woman confessed that she was ousted from her Uber ride for being drunk.
She was uncooperative and began causing a ruckus when the police arrived. The woman claimed that she was fine when officers told her to go to a hospital. However, she turned perfectly calm when she was turned over to her father. She was summoned to court for disorderly conduct and being intoxicated in a public place.
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MEAWW previously reported that a sheriff's deputy, who worked in the Indio jail, and his daughter died on Sunday, November 13, after the car they were traveling in was hit by a suspected drunk driver, northwest of San Jacinto, authorities said. The victims in the crash were identified as the deputy, 45-year-old Daniel Jacks Jr, and his daughter, 19-year-old Hannah. Both lived in San Jacinto. According to California Highway Patrol, the driver, Scott Bales, has been arrested for two counts of homicide among other offenses.
According to FoxLA, the father and daughter were returning from Disneyland, where Hannah had performed as a dancer. A vehicle moving in the opposite direction crossed the double yellow line and struck them head-on. The collision happened around 9.17 pm on Gilman Springs Road, east of Bridge Street, roughly five miles from the San Jacinto city limits, according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol. According to the investigators, Bales was found to have been intoxicated at the time of the collision, as per Fox News. Bales was taken into custody and detained in Riverside's jail on suspicion of homicide and DUI causing bodily injury. According to county court records, he has not been charged.