Here are a couple of photos of the memorial at the crash site. Included in the array of items were multiple soccer balls, Norton’s High School jersey, several Seattle Sounders items and lots of photos and other personal items.
Brandon Norton
On November 4, 2009,
in DUI News,
by Scott W. Lawrence, Esq.
On November 3, a Wisonsin woman called 911 to report a drunk driver. This happens often enough that it usually is not a newsworthy event. What makes this case unusual is the drunk driver she was reporting was herself.
Dui.com reports:
A 911 dispatcher in Neilsville, Wisconsin received a phone call from a woman reporting a drunk driver. When asked if she was following the suspected impaired driver, the woman replied “I am them”.
Mary Strey, 49, admitted being drunk after “drinking all night long” and was concerned about hurting someone. The dispatcher instructed her to pull over and turn on her emergency flashers. Clark County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jim Backus said Strey was found about three miles northeast of Neilsville, in central Wisconson. Her phone call, and the fact that she had a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit, lead to charges of driving under the influence in Wisconsin.
Chief Deputy Backus said DUI self-reporting is rare.
Ironically, she might be entitled to a “safely off the roadway” defense in Washington as she moved off the roadway before being pursued by law enforcement officers.
FYI – “don’t call 911 on yourself” is not included in my Top Ten Ways to Avoid a DUI page, but I’m thinking about adding it.
Click here to listen to the entire 911 call.
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