NORTON WOMAN CHARGED WITH DUID

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Norton 911 Dispatch Center started receiving 911 Calls in reference to a motor vehicle crash that had occurred at the intersection of Park Avenue/7th Street N.W. involving a traffic signal.   Norton First Responders were dispatched to the scene which includes Rescue, Fire and Police.  When Officers arrived on scene they discovered that it was a single motor vehicle crash in which the vehicle involved had been traveling West on Park Avenue at a high rate of speed, left the road way, struck a small tree, trash can and then one of the traffic signal poles that controls part of the traffic at that intersection.  The driver of the vehicle was identified to be 39 years of age, Ms. Clarissa Renee Kern of Norton Virginia.  There was a juvenile passenger in the vehicle.  The vehicle was a 2003 Toyota SUV.  Ms. Clarissa was arrested and charged with DUID (Class 1 Misdemeanor) and Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle (Class 3 Misdemeanor).

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