I missed this one last week. NorthEscambia.com reported 38-year old Melissa Diane Kettering hit a pedestrian in a DUI crash in Cantonment. The pedestrian was her own mother, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
The accident happened about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 95A just north of Highway 29, near the Gee Willies convenience store.
The mother, Deborah Kettering told the FHP that she had gone to Mustangs, a nearby bar, with her daughter. The mom left and began walking toward home. Meanwhile, Melissa Kettering told deputies that when she left the bar, she struck her mother with the left mirror of her vehicle.
The FHP reported that Melissa Kettering refused to finish all of the field sobriety exercises being administered by the trooper. She was placed under arrest for DUI and booked into the Escambia County Jail. She was later released on a $500 bond.
Debroah Kettering’s injuries were not considered serious.
There appears no connection to the Cantonment Cow Strangler that still is on the loose.