ANDERSON COUNTY — A Belton woman, who admitted to drinking, faces an October hearing in Anderson Municipal Court after she struck a vehicle, sped through a construction zone and stopped when she reached an Anderson bar, authorities said.
Loretta Tollison, 52, of Stevenson Drive was ordered to pay a fine of $262.50 or spend 20 days in jail after pleading guilty Friday to public intoxication.
Judge Ken Mattison allowed Tollison to sign a $1,152.50 bond and told her to return to court Oct. 17 to hear charges of leaving the scene of an accident and a temporary work-zone violation.
Officer Jada Burgin testified that Tollison was found about 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the Passing Time Bar on Williamston Road. Tollison’s Chrysler LeBaron was found in the bar’s parking lot with extensive front-end damage and its air bag deployed, according to the incident report.
During Friday's appearance, Tollison tried to explain.
“I told police that I did not understand that they were working at night,” she said. “There were no lights.”
According to the incident report, the Chrysler hit another car that was stopped for highway construction on U.S. 29 North. The impact spun the other car 180 degrees and pushed if off the highway and into a convenience store's parking lot, the report states.
“The driver of the Chrysler continued through the construction site, disregarding the construction workers directing traffic,” the report states.
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