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Cantonment Man Jailed After Wild Ride; Four Accidents
June 13, 2010
A Cantonment man was arrested on multiple DUI charges after crashing into several cars and a business during a five mile wild ride Thursday night.
Grady Dale Harrison, 54 was charged with four counts of driving under the influence of drugs, three counts of leaving the scene of a crash, two counts of improper right turn, one count of failure to stop and one count of careless driving.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the sequence of crashes began about 9:02 p.m. when Harrison made an improper turn from Louis Street onto Muscogee Road and hit a 1994 Buick driven by Andrew Cobb, 18 of Cantonment. Cobb was not injured.
Harrison continued eastbound on Muscogee Road, where he made an improper turn onto Highway 29 and struck a 1994 Chevrolet truck driven by James Alan Ward, 49, of Cantonment. Ward was not injured.
Continuing south on Highway 29, Harrison ran the traffic signal at West Roberts Road, colliding with a 2002 Toyota van driven by Ruth Elizabeth Jennings, 52, of Cantonment. Jennings was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital with minor injuries.
After hitting Jennings’ van, Harrison’s 1986 Cadillac left the roadway and struck a fence belonging to Truck Equipment Sales on Highway 29. Harrison continued to drive down the shoulder of Highway 29 until his vehicle became disabled.
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9 Responses to “Cantonment Man Jailed After Wild Ride; Four Accidents”
Thank goodness no one was killed in this, because of someone’s stupidity to get behind the wheel of an automobile after consuming lots of alcohol. People that are going to drink, need to do it at home and stay at home. It’s much cheaper in many different ways. yeah I think his license should be taken and spend awhile behind bars. Dear lord, this could have been alot worse, but thank the good lord it wasn’t…
Bless his heart that neither he nor anyone else was seriously hurt. With Mr. Harrison being medicated, I’m sure he had no idea what he was doing. Even if the law has no mercy upon him I know the Lord will.
I SAW THIS AND THE GUY LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO JUMP OUT OF THE CAR. WHAT AN IDIOT. I’M GLAD NO ONE GOT HURT REAL BAD.
Poor 86 caddy…..fine automobiles.
Friday a guy pulled out of the gas station there in cantonment that fills your gas for you. I was coming up 95A and he pulled over in the on coming traffic on
the other side of the highway just as I was coming up that lane and I had to
go off the shoulder about 5 feet to avoid him. He wasn’t even going to go in
the direction I was going , he just swung wide and went back towards
pensacola.
Is everyone drunk out there these days?
in for a penny, in for a pound
The story said he was driving a 1986 Cadillac. On the other hand this idiot should loose his drivers license for life, and spend a little time in jail.
I wonder if this is the same jerk who sideswiped me at that intersection and didn’t bother to stop.Was he driving a two tone pick up?
Old men gone wild. Pretty good show. Hope everyone’s alright.