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Vehicular Assault

By Baker Associates

A mail carrier is faced with a variety of charges after she hit a Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper head-on Friday night while driving under the influence in her postal vehicle. The Trooper was apparently trying to turn into a gas station when the lady crossed lanes and struck his vehicle. The Trooper was taken to the hospital, but he was treated and released without critical injuries. The charges against the drunken driver include DUI, driving without insurance, failure to keep control of a vehicle, and vehicular assault. Tennessee law provides that a driver can be charged with vehicular assault when, as a result of that driver?s intoxication, the driver recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by the operation of a motor vehicle...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on November 30, 2009 (boomark / email).