On behalf of Raymond Giudice P.C posted in DUI Defense on Friday, October 18, 2013.
An allegedly drunk driver crashed his car through the front of a northeast Atlanta pharmacy early Friday, then walked away from the wreckage to a nearby bar, where he continued drinking, police said.
According to an Atlanta police incident report, Rashad Williams, 38, of Lithonia told arresting officers that he was driving down Cheshire Bridge Road just before 3:30 a.m., attempting to make a left turn, when he lost control of his car.
The Chrysler 200 careened across the parking lot, jumped a curb and crashed through the glass front of the Walgreens Community Pharmacy at the intersection of Piedmont and Cheshire Bridge roads, barely missing a DUI school adjacent to the pharmacy.
Responding officers found no one inside the Chrysler, which was still sticking out of the building, but the witness who called 911 told them that the driver had walked next door to the Anchor Bar.
When officers went to the bar, “the driver was sitting at the bar drinking a beer,” according to the incident report. “We then escorted the driver outside after he paid for his tab.”
Williams was arrested by the Georgia State Patrol and charged with driving under the influence.
SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Police: DUI driver crashes into pharmacy, then flees to bar next door resumes drinking,” Mike Morris, October 18, 2013.
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