Hingham Police Officer Daniel Leary was informed by dispatch on Sunday, Aug. 16, at 10:13 p.m. that a cell phone caller had reported an erratic operator on Main Street. The caller reported that at the traffic lights at routes 53 and 228, the operator of a pickup truck had been flashing its high beams at the cell caller, who wouldn’t go right on red [which is not allowed for traffic taking a right onto Main Street].
“Once the light turned green and both vehicles were headed down Main Street, the pickup truck passed the cell caller on the wrong side of the road,” Hingham Police Spokesperson Lt. Michael Peraino said. “Once she passed the vehicle, the driver immediately slowed down to 10 mph. At that point the cell phone caller pulled over to the side of the road and called the Hingham police to report the plate number.”
Officer Thomas Ford, who was waiting at the 600 block of Main Street for the vehicle to approach, observed the pickup truck heading toward him and noticed that the truck had crossed a solid yellow line on Main Street. “The vehicle took a left onto Friend Street and another left onto High Street, again crossing over to the wrong side of the road,” Peraino said.
Ford stopped the vehicle at the intersection of High Street and Whitcomb Avenue. The operator was identified as Andrea B. Ward, 21, 16 U.S. Bates Road, Hingham. “While Ford was talking with her, he detected a strong odor of alcohol on her breath. He asked if she had been drinking and she replied yes,” Peraino said. “He also noticed that her speech was slurred.”
Ford asked her to step from the vehicle to take field sobriety tests, which she agreed to, according to Peraino. “Upon completion of the tests, Officer Ford determined that she was operating under the influence of alcohol,” Peraino said. Ward was placed under arrest and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and also cited for marked lanes violation.
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