Driver who crashed into house charged with DUI

Posted on February 21, 2018

A Perry woman who crashed her vehicle into an abandoned house on Johnson Stripling Road last Thursday has been charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and careless driving.

Marguerite L. Ellison, 55, was not wearing a seatbelt when her four-door Mercury plowed into the front of the wood-frame home, Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Trooper Charles Swindle reported.

PHOTO: Marguerite Ellison was transported from the scene by DMH EMS and later transferred to Shands Hospital in Gainesville.

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