Apparently asleep at the wheel, a woman in an SUV struck a crosswalk sign at Manatee Avenue and Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach.
Holmes Beach Police Officer Alan Bores responded at 10 p.m. April 18 and reported the sign “on the ground in pieces” and the SUV with front-end damage at the entrance to the Manatee Public Beach.
Sitting in the driver’s seat of the parked SUV was Keri Lynn Forbes, 53, of Sarasota. She was arrested for driving under the influence after performing poorly on field tests.
HBPD Officer Mike Walker conducted a crash investigation and advised Forbes she was at fault.
During a search of the vehicle, police allegedly found a glass pipe with a burnt pill in Forbes’ purse. She told the officer the pill was Klonopin, a drug she’d taken four hours earlier, the report stated.
Forbes was taken to the HBPD station, where she provided a breath sample, which registered no blood alcohol content, as well as a urine sample, which was pending a test result.
In addition to the DUI charge, police ticketed Forbes with careless driving.
She was taken into custody and transported to the Manatee County jail and, after posting a $2,500 bond, she was released.
Forbes’ arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Friday, May 18, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.