On Wednesday, August 27th 2023 at around 8:55 p.m., Corporal D.C. Moore was dispatched to a single vehicle accident along Chenowith Drive, off of Nicut Road, near the Ebenezer Church in the area of Orma, WV.
When Cpl. Moore arrived on scene he found the defendant, Adam Turner, sitting in the ambulance being examined by EMS. When he approached Mr. Turner he detected a strong odor of alcohol at which time the defendant advised he probably had a 6 pack of beer while he was driving and submitted to a field sobriety test.
After performing several of the field sobriety test steps, and taking a PBT for a breath sample, which registered a preliminiary of .213, the defendant failed. He was then placed under arrest for suspicion of DUI and transported to the WV State Police office in Grantsville for a breath sample on the WVSP Intoximeter. The breath sample regestered .202, well above the limit to operate a vehicle and above the limit for aggravated DUI. The defendant also confessed to drinking alcohol while he was driving and open containers of beer were observed in the vehicle at the scene of the accident.
Mr. Turner was arrested for DUI 1st offense, and driving too fast for Road Conditions. All defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
