This Alcoholics Anonymous member went on a high speed chase that ended up sending 5 people to the hospital. He was on his way to an AA meeting, and was involved in road rage when another driver ticked him off. He is going back to a mental hospital. He also has a previous arrest for assault.
A good reason to promote online meetings like www.smartrecovery.org It keeps people who have NOT quit their alcohol or drug habits off the roads! It would also keep sexual predators at home, along with violent felons. Why force them on the roads to a zillion meetings, where they can mingle with teens and children that AA/NA encourages them to go to.
Accused DWI driver: “They were in my lane”
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 6:29 AM EST
MORGANTON, NC (WBTV) – Police say the driver of a sedan was driving impaired when he led officers on a chase that ended in a crash that sent five people to the hospital. Public Safety officers in Morganton say Joshua Allen Adams told them he was on the way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting when the chase ended on Highway 18 near Interstate 40 Thursday evening.
Officers say Adams drove through a checkpoint, ran a stop light and clipped a car. He then crashed into a squad car and a 3rd vehicle carrying two adults and their 2-year-old granddaughter. “It’s devastating, you just don’t know if you are going to survive it, it seemed like it went on forever,” said Fincher Bolton, a passenger in the car hit by Adams.
Everyone is expected to be okay. Police say the chase spanned about three miles, reaching speeds up to 80 miles per hour. They say Adam’s refused to stop and was a danger to other drivers. “We felt the risks created by this driver were quite significant and we needed to get him stopped,” said Chief Mark Tolbert of the Morganton Department of Public Safety.
Adams’ family says he has mental problems, and had just been released from the hospital last week. Outside the magistrate’s office, Adams told WBTV he apologized to the people he had hit but said, “They got off the interstate and they were in my lane.”
Check out the car chase and arrest of AA Member video-Click on link below-
http://www.wbtv.com/story/17008847/police-driver-was-high-while-leading-officers-in-chase
After watching the high-speed chase on video, don’t miss watching the newscast video box in the top right of the video gallery about, POLICE, HIGH DRIVER CAUSES CRASH 1 min. 8 seconds.
Whoa, look out! Get out of my way, I’m late for my meeting!
I’ve seen plenty of them pulling in and out of the park for their meetings, acting and driving all crazy and it’s a real concern with all the pedestrians and kids around.
Apparently they were just a little premature in letting him out to go to AA meetings. If he had made it to the meeting they probably would’ve told him not to take the meds that they gave him at the mental institution!