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2 injured, 1 arrested after crash
By Joe Gerrety, Journal and Courier
A Lafayette woman accused of driving drunk for the second time in two weeks caused a crash that critically injured two motorcyclists Thursday night on County Road 350 South.
Jerome Raiff, 45, of Lafayette, lost part of his left arm and part of his left leg and is in critical condition at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Christopher Harmon, 19, of Fort Campbell, Ky., who is on leave from the Army, is in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Medical Center with a head injury.
Nicole M. Fox, 21, of the 2100 block of Whisper Valley Drive, is a suspected drunk driver accused of causing the crash and then leaving the scene. She is being held without bond at the Tippecanoe County Jail.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday in Tippecanoe Superior Court 6, Fox had a blood-alcohol content of 0.238 percent -- nearly three times the legal limit for driving in Indiana -- when she drove left of center about 11 p.m., causing the crash.
Here's what police suspect happened:
Raiff, Harmon and two other motorcyclists, Kiran Pinisetti and Michael Alsop, were riding together westbound on 350 South between County Road 500 East and Old U.S. 231 when a car driven by Fox drove at them in their lane of travel.
Pinisetti and Alsop were able to avoid a collision by swerving onto the shoulder, but Fox's car struck Raiff and Harmon head-on. Pinisetti and Alsop told police the car left the scene.
Police said none of the motorcyclists were wearing a helmet. Indiana law does not require them.
Officer Joseph Clyde, arriving at the scene, saw a car with front-end and windshield damage in the ditch on the north side of 350 South. Clyde reported the female driver began speeding away eastbound through the ditch until she got stuck trying to re-enter 350 South near the entrance to Brook Berry Lane.
Police reported they had to pull Fox from the car after she refused to get out, and they observed signs she was intoxicated.
Fox had just been arrested by a Tippecanoe County sheriff's deputy on suspicion of drunken driving on Aug. 21. A misdemeanor drunken driving charge filed Friday alleged that Fox had a BAC of 0.20 percent when a sheriff's deputy found her stopped in the roadway at 3:12 a.m. at U.S. 52 and County Road 800 South.
Judge Michael Morrissey found probable cause to hold Fox in jail without bond until Tuesday to give prosecutors time to file charges in the new case.
According to prosecutors' bond request, there is a chance Raiff and Harmon may not survive their injuries.
If they do survive, Fox likely will face Class D felony charges of operating while intoxicated resulting in serious bodily injury. OWI resulting in death is a Class B felony if the driver is over 21 and had a BAC of 0.15 percent or more.
A Class B felony has a penalty range of six to 20 years in prison. A Class D felony has a penalty range of six months to three years.
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