Ocala Police Officer Luis Camacho responded to the 3800 block of South Pine Avenue, in reference to a single vehicle crash with a possible drunk driver, early Thursday.
When Officer Camacho arrived on the scene, Officer Ramjit, who was already at the scene, said he was working a crash in which a white Saturn drove into oncoming traffic and nearly slammed head-on with a Marion County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant’s patrol car. The deputy was identified as Sergeant Moore.
Sergeant Moore told Officers that he was able to evade the head-on collision. He said he immediately turned his vehicle around in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, but the Saturn had already crashed into a guard rail.
The driver of the Saturn was identified as Cori Taylor Hardman.
Hardman refused to speak with police. When asked if she would participate in a few field sobriety tests, she replied, “I am not going to perform, just handcuff me and go.”
She was arrested and transported to the Marion County jail where she blew a .224.
She was charged with DUI/Second Offense and Driving while License Suspended/Felony Habitual Offender.
She was released on $3,000 bond.