Crime & Safety

Woman Charged With DUI After Crash on I-285

Police have filed charges in Thursday night incident.


Dunwoody police have charged an Atlanta woman after a Thursday night collision on I-285 near Ashford-Dunwoody Road.

Fox 5 Atlanta is reporting that Karen Smith Morton has been charged with DUI and child endangerment.

According to police, Morton was driving drunk with her 6-year-old daughter in the car when her vehicle drifted into another lane and hit another car. Both vehicles then struck the barrier wall.

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Two people were injured in the incident. Morton's daughter was not injured, according to the report.

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