Tammy Schmidt accused of impaired in hit & run crash

CITY POLICE

NEWS RELEASE

************************* At 7:10 p.m. on the 15th of October, officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 41-year-old Tammy Schmidt of 1238 Wellington Street East on Alberta Avenue and charged her with one count of impaired driving and one count of consuming over the legal limit.

It is alleged that on the 15th of October at 7:01 p.m., officers received calls about an impaired driver that was involved in a hit-and-run rear-end motor vehicle collision on North Street at the intersection of Northern Avenue and driving erratically, striking a road sign on St Georges Avenue East.

Officers were able to stop the driver of the 1989 Ford pickup on Alberta Avenue and at the time found her, the accused, to be under the influence of alcohol.

The driver of the vehicle that was rear-ended was not injured and both vehicles and the sign received minor damage.

She is to appear in court on the 22nd of November.

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