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DUI Driver Found Calmly Smoking Next To Vehicle Crashed In Ditch: Stafford Sheriff DUI Driver Found Calmly Smoking Next To Vehicle Crashed In Ditch: Stafford Sheriff
DUI Driver Found Calmly Smoking Next To Vehicle Crashed In Ditch: Stafford Sheriff A 32-year-old Stafford man left a path of destruction in a drunk driving accident over the weekend, police said. Steven Bates tossed a backpack out of a vehicle after crashing it into a ditch on Clarion Drive and Ferry Road around 2:05 a.m. Saturday, March 16, the county sheriff said.  When deputies arrived, they found the Ford still in the ditch with the driver calmly smoking next to it, police said. Police later learned that the vehicle had gone off Ferry Road, demolished a mailbox, and struck down a street sign before going airborne across Clarion Drive right into the ditch.  …

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by Cecilia Levine