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Inset: Jamie Caldwell (Lexington, Kentucky Police Dept.). Background: The country connected Georgetown Road wherever Caldwell allegedly near a pedestrian critically injured aft a hit-and-run collision (Google Maps).
A 29-year-old peculiar acquisition teacher successful Kentucky was arrested this week aft she allegedly got drunk earlier driving to school, hitting and critically injuring a pedestrian connected the way.
Jamie Caldwell was taken into custody astatine the schoolhouse connected Wednesday greeting and charged with 1 number of aggravated operating a centrifugal conveyance nether the power of intoxicant and 1 number of leaving the country of an mishap with nonaccomplishment to render assistance oregon assistance with decease oregon superior carnal injury, authorities announced.
According to a news release from the Lexington Police Department, officers astatine astir 6:50 a.m. connected Wednesday responded to a telephone regarding a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian successful the 1000 artifact of Georgetown Road, which is astir 75 miles eastbound of Louisville.
Upon arriving astatine the scene, archetypal responders located the pedestrian and exigency aesculapian unit transported them to a section infirmary for attraction of “life-threatening injuries.”
Police past utilized the department’s “Real-Time Intelligence Center” to rapidly find the conveyance and operator — aboriginal identified arsenic Caldwell — progressive successful the collision. The “intelligence center” allows the section to entree nationalist postulation video feeds and footage from backstage surveillance cameras, with permission, to assistance successful investigations.
A transcript of the apprehension citation obtained by Lexington ABC affiliate WTVQ provided further details astir the circumstances of Caldwell’s arrest.
According to the report, constabulary located Caldwell astatine Glendover Elementary School, wherever she is employed arsenic a teacher. Officers astatine the country said that Caldwell’s conveyance was successful the schoolhouse parking batch with disposable damage.
They besides reportedly noted that erstwhile they came into interaction with Caldwell, her “eyes were bloodshot and watery.” They besides said they “smelled intoxicant coming from her,” Lexington NBC affiliate WLEX reported.
Speaking with police, Caldwell allegedly admitted that she had been drinking “Bacardi Rum” Tuesday evening and taken medicine drugs for anxiety, depression, and precocious humor unit Wednesday morning, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
Caldwell besides allegedly admitted that portion driving to schoolhouse that greeting “she heard a thud, but did not recognize she deed a person,” WLEX reported.
A consequent enactment trial revealed that Caldwell had a humor intoxicant attraction of 0.278, much than 3 times the ineligible bounds to thrust successful the state. She was taken into custody and processed astatine the Fayette County Detention Center.
Caldwell connected Thursday appeared successful tribunal via Zoom wherever she pleaded not blameworthy to the aforementioned charged, according to WTVQ. After waiving a ceremonial arraignment proceeding a magistrate justice acceptable a cash-only enslaved of $25,000. She is presently scheduled to look successful tribunal again connected April 29.
Fayette County Public Schools issued a connection to aggregate quality stations regarding Caldwell’s apprehension done District Spokesperson Dia Davidson-Smith:
“Fayette County Public Schools is alert of the concern involving Jamie Caldwell. Due to the ongoing probe and the confidential quality of unit matters, we are constricted successful what we tin stock astatine this time. However, we tin corroborate that the worker has been placed connected administrative leave. As always, the information and well-being of our students and unit stay our highest priority.”
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