Car Accident On Clague Road Results In Impaired Driving Charges

Westlake OH

16 June, 2021

10:07 AM

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WESTLAKE, OH — A drunken driver slammed into the back of another car in Westlake on Monday afternoon, police said. At 4:45 p.m., 911 callers reported a car crash on Clague Road, near Horseshoe Boulevard. When officers arrived, they determined one car had hit the other from behind. Neither driver was badly hurt, police said. A 28-year-old Strongsville woman was behind the wheel of the back car. She was stumbling around trying to stand still, police said. She said she had work at 5:30 p.m. and did not want to perform field sobriety tests, police added. The woman was taken into custody and moved to Westlake Jail. She refused to take a breath test and was cited for operating a vehicle impaired. She had limited driving privileges due to a previous arrest for impaired driving in Bedford, police noted.