A 67-year-old woman is accused of striking a Bluffton Police Department patrol vehicle while driving under the influence earlier this month. Police and a witness said she appeared to be passed out at the wheel as she swerved into the wrong lanes of Buckwalter Parkway.
The accused driver, a Bluffton resident, was charged in the early morning of May 6 with driving under the influence, 1st offense, inmate records show.
Dispatchers sent police to the parkway’s intersection with Lake Point Drive around 10:30 p.m. May 5. One Bluffton officer noted seeing several vehicles pulled to the side of the road while a 2026 Mercedes sedan traveled at around 5 mph in the wrong lanes of traffic, according to an incident report…