A female motorist was taken into custody after she ran from a vehicle that had been driven off the roadway and into a field in the 6000 block of Howard Avenue on Friday afternoon.
Witnesses said the incident happened around 1:30 p.m., when the white crossover SUV was seen moving erratically on Howard Avenue, endangering several other vehicles as it attempted to pass traffic.
According to a resident on Concession Road 7, the white vehicle left the road, went over a ditch, and plowed through a line of trees — then proceeded for a few hundred metres through a farmer’s field.
“The car kept going,” said Scott Barrie. “I live around the corner there. I was working in my yard, and I heard it, and I saw car parts flying everywhere.”
After the vehicle stopped, an occupant was seen exiting and fleeing on foot.
She was later located by OPP officers on a property on South Talbot Road, nearly a kilometre distance from the abandoned vehicle.
Damage was visible to the SUV’s rear end, and a tree branch remained stuck to its front.
OPP have not said if charges are pending.
Damaged trees and car body parts are visible after a white SUV left the roadway and entered a farmer’s field in the 6000 block of Howard Avenue on Jan. 11, 2019.
Essex County OPP officers examine a white crossover SUV that was driven into a farmer’s field, then abandoned by the motorist on Jan. 11, 2019.
OPP officers and Essex EMS attend the scene of a white SUV that was driven off the roadway in the 6000 block of Howard Avenue on Jan. 11, 2019.