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Woman admits to drinking before crash
Alcohol involved
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Pictured is the SUV driven by Mandolin Orr which hit an 18-wheeler on Manchester Highway in Morrison and came to rest in a nearby field.
A local woman was injured Friday afternoon when her car slammed into a tractor trailer on Manchester Highway in Morrison as she was driving the wrong way.The woman, Mandolin Orr, 41, was rushed to Unity Medical Center in Manchester for treatment of her injuries following the crash that happened just after 2 p.m. in front of Prater’s BBQ on Manchester Highway. Warrants have been taken against her for the charge of drunk driving.“She admitted to drinking and smoking marijuana,” said Highway Patrolman Josh Sparkman who worked the wreck. “There were multiple reports of her driving recklessly and nearly causing another wreck.”Sparkman said the crash with the semi, driven by Christopher Evans, 36, of Murfreesboro, happened because Orr was driving on the wrong side of the road when she topped the hill in Morrison heading toward McMinnville.