SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI – One person was hurt when an alleged drunk driver crashed into a tree on Pond St on Saturday, according to WPRI.
Joseph Lennon-Tierney, 29, was heading north on Pond St when he strayed off the road and collided with a tree around 6:30 p.m.
Rescue crews transported one of the driver’s three passengers to an area hospital.
Lennon-Tierney told officers he had been drinking. Authorities arrested him for suspicion of driving under the influence of liquor and or drugs and refusal to submit to a chemical test.
Lennon-Tierney’s court date is on December 7.
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