Woman Charged With Hitting Motorcycle On Bridge
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Daily Edition-A Philadelphia woman is facing driving under
the influence charges and more charges may be forthcoming after she
reportedly hit a man driving a motorcycle on the Tennessee River
Bridge. The wreck tied up traffic for several hours.
According to the report, Sgt. William Evans, LPD responded to a
wreck with injury at Hwy 11 on the Tennessee River Bridge. Upon
arrival the officer noticed two vehicles, a motorcycle and a silver
4-door sedan. The silver Mitsubishi sedan was sitting in both lanes
with a severely damaged front end. The motorcycle was lying on its
side in both lanes with the driver injured and laying in the
northbound lane of Hwy.11.
The driver of the silver sedan, Miss Angela Patricia Coker, advised
she had no injuries and refused medical treatment. Miss Coker did
admit to driving the vehicle and hitting the motorcycle.
Miss Coker was unsteady on her feet and had slurred speech. Miss
Coker did admit to the officer she had taken several medications
including carisopridol, diazepam, roxicet, and oxycodone.
Miss Coker was transported to a safe location where she performed
poorly on sobriety tasks. Miss Coker was transported to the ER
where she submitted to a blood test.
LifeStar transported the driver of the motorcycle, Michael James
Moore to UT Medical Center trauma unit where he remains at press
time.