Motorist combative with police, hospital staff

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Milford police arrested an intoxicated female driver who fought with police and hospital officials last weekend and tried to inflict harm on herself after her keys were taken away by witnesses.

The incident occurred on Saturday, Oct. 15 around 3:20 p.m. when witnesses noted that a brown sedan was traveling at a high rate of speed (90 miles per hour) northbound on South Milford Road and had struck a vehicle at General Motors Road.

A witness said that the driver was tailgating her with the windshield wipers on high even though it wasn’t raining. The vehicle then passed the witness and almost caused a head-on collision with two tractor-trailers.

The witness added that she also saw a driver of a PT Cruiser confront the driver at the South Milford Road/General Motors Road intersection.

Another witness confirmed the PT Cruiser incident and added that the sedan pushed the PT Cruiser away before moving eastbound on General Motors Road.

The original witness added that the vehicle then approached her again on North Peters Road and that she pulled over to avoid it, but the vehicle struck the rear of her car while passing.

Reports also indicated that the car had crashed into several mailboxes and veered into the middle of the roadway.

When an officer arrived, a Buick Century was in the roadway with the front of the car across a small grass area and sidewalk.

Witnesses at the scene said that they took the driver’s keys away because she was trying to leave.

The driver, a 29-year-old Highland Township resident, stumbled out of the car, saying she had only a couple of beers at TGI Friday’s in Southgate.

The suspect took a preliminary breath test and blew a 0.172 percent, which the officer said was more than twice the legal limit.

When questioned if she had anything else to drink, the suspect said “Who cares, just cuff me already.”

Officers later found a dog pinned underneath the driver’s seat. The dog was extracted from the car by the Milford Fire Department and didn’t appear to have any broken bones.

The driver was handcuffed and transported to the Milford Police Station. On the way there, she worked her hands out of the cuffs and handed them to the officer upon arrival.

She was then recuffed and escorted to a cell, but then allegedly tried to repeatedly hit her head against the door and against the floor. She also spit at an officer and was kicking, screaming and flailing.

Milford Fire Department personnel arrived and the woman eventually was placed on a stretcher and transported to DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital for a blood draw.

While at the hospital, she fought with the hospital staff and officers, ripping out her IV and needle during the blood draw, and had to be held down.

After enough blood was drawn, the suspect was placed under observation for 72 hours.