Capsule Reports - Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024

Lost control

Damage is estimated at more than $100,000 after a Mexico resident swerved to avoid hitting a deer, causing an accident along county road 200 South about 2:14 p.m. Thursday.

Ricardo A. Duarte, 47, Juarez, Chihuahua, was driving a 2020 Freightliner Cascadia west on the road when a deer ran in front of him. He swerved to avoid hitting the animal, causing him to go off the north side of the road and into a ditch. The Cascadia rolled on its top.

Duarte complained of shoulder pain. The vehicle he was driving is registered to Arredondo Logistics of El Paso, Texas.

Left road

A Winchester woman was arrested after she drove off Como Road and into a ditch about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Chelsie B. Spencer, 32, was driving her 2011 Kia Soul south when she left the road near county road 700 South and went into a ditch on the west side of the road. Spencer told police she swerved to avoid a deer, causing her to go off the road. She was trapped in the vehicle when police arrived.

According to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report, Spencer smelled of alcohol. She was administered preliminary breath test and chemical breath tests, and she was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor. She was being held on a $1,000 bond in Jay County Jail.