WESTLAKE, Ohio –
Rollover crash: King James Parkway
Officers at 1:15 p.m. on Oct. 7 responded to a call that a vehicle was flipped over on King James Parkway.
When officers arrived, the driver of the overturned Acura was out of the car. The Acura had struck a parked landscaping vehicle. The driver said that he swerved to avoid striking a squirrel, which caused the collision.
The 34-year-old Sheffield Lake resident was cited with failure to control. The man was taken to UH St. John Medical Center with possible injuries.
OVI crash: I-90
A caller at 11 p.m. on Oct. 4 reported that they had been involved in a crash on I-90 eastbound at Dover Center Road.
The vehicle ended up in a ditch. Officers found that the Mercury sedan was so far off the highway in a thicket of foliage that it was difficult to see from the pavement.
While investigating the one-car crash, the officers noted that the driver was unsteady on his feet and had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath. He complained of an injury, so, an ambulance was called to the scene.
Officers cited the 45-year-old Coventry Township man with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, failure to control and refusing a chemical test. This was his fourth OVI arrest since 2007, according to a Westlake Police Department press release.
Quick-change scam: Center Ridge Road
A manager of the Rite Aid on Center Ridge Road at Detroit Road at 8:15 a.m. on July 27 called the Westlake Police Department to report that one of their clerks…
