DUI Arrest Made After Courtney Campbell Crash

CLEARWATER, FL — The Clearwater Police Department has charged a 26-year-old woman in connection with a Thursday morning crash that sent a man to the hospital in critical condition and forced the closing of the Courtney Campbell Causeway's westbound lanes for five hours.

According to the agency, Lina Marie Paige was driving a 2010 Mercedes westbound around 3:15 a.m. Aug. 17. Police say Paige “slammed into the rear of a work van” that was also heading west. The impact sent the van careening out of control, an email from police said. The van hit a guardrail, flipped and then stopped.

The van’s driver, Gregory Palmer, 52, of Clearwater, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Paige was medically cleared at a local hospital before being booked into the Pinellas County Jail.

Paige has been charged with driving under the influence with seriously bodily injury, battery on a law enforcement officer and driving on a suspended or revoked license.

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