Lang
7/6/19
A Benton County man has been arrested after a one-vehicle accident in Swisher.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a truck on its side in a ditch near the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Division Street just before 3:15 Thursday afternoon. Investigators say the driver, identified as 42-year-old Christopher Jaster or Walford, smelled heavily of ingested alcohol and admitted to drinking vodka. He also admitted to texting when he went into the ditch.
Jaster showed signs of impairment on field sobriety tests. His blood alcohol content as measured at .273 on a portable Breathalyzer test and .239 on a Datamaster. He’s charged with Operating While Intoxicated.