Woman arrested for drunk driving after serious crash sent one...

YARMOUTH – As you will see in the following video, a woman was arrested for OUI earlier this evening after a serious crash shut down Station Ave and sent one person to CCH…

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The crash is being investigated by the Yarmouth Police Department and HN will provide updates as they become available…

UPDATE – 12/6/2016 – 9:45PM – HN just briefly spoke with Yarmouth Police Sergeant Walter Warren, confirming the following:

At about 5:15PM, Yarmouth police received a report of serious crash involving two vehicles on Station Ave just east of Regional Ave.

The female driver of the sedan was injured and transported to CCH with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

A section of Station Ave needed to closed down for about an hour while police investigated the scene. Yarmouth firefighters were also on scene…

After field sobriety testing, Jane Fennessey, age 49, of South Yarmouth, the operator of the station wagon, was arrested and charged with Operating Under the Influence of alcohol and Operating to Endanger.

The following is the actual YPD press statement:

YPD ARRESTS DRUNKEN WOMAN AFTER CAUSING CRASH IN SOUTH YARMOUTH

12/06/2016 – Tuesday 1715HRS

The Yarmouth Police and Fire Departments responded to a two vehicle crash last evening on Station Avenue which resulted in traffic being diverted and a South Yarmouth woman being arrested for Drunken Driving and other Crimes.

Jane A. Fennessey was processed at Yarmouth Police Department Headquarters and is scheduled for arraignment in the Barnstable District Court today.

The Yarmouth Police Department and the citizens of Yarmouth remind everyone not to drink and drive or ride in a vehicle when the driver has been drinking. It is a very dangerous crime with serious consequences.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Vicinity of: LONG POND DR AND STATION AVENUE

Refer To Arrest: 16-1274-AR

Arrest: JANE A. FENNESSEY

Address: INDIAN MEMORIAL DR S YARMOUTH, MA

Age: 49

Charges: OUI LIQUOR

OPERATING A MV WITHOUT A LICENSE

OPERATING A MV NEGLIGENTLY SO AS TO ENDANGER

HN NOTE: Please be advised that HN will be out documenting crime and accident scenes this Christmas season. Due to time constraints, HN doesn’t typically cover drunk driving arrests. But having said that, this holiday season, HN will dedicate extra time and effort to cover more OUI crime scenes. Please don’t drink and drive… and please, by all means, have safe and splendiferous Christmas and Holiday Season!

12/6/2016

Robert Bastille

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