Traffic & Transit
Beverly Driver Pleads Not Guilty In Danvers Crossing Guard Crash
Penny King, 58, of Beverly, was driving the car that hit Susan Turner at the intersection Belgian Road and Poplar Street in January.
DANVERS, MA — A not guilty plea was entered in Salem District Court Thursday on behalf of the Beverly woman accused of hitting and seriously injuring a Danvers crossing guard in January.
Penny King, 58, of Beverly, was charged with negligent driving to endanger and failing to stop for a person in a crosswalk. During Thursday's arraignment, Judge Jane Prince denied a prosecution request that King be barred from driving and take random alcohol tests while awaiting trial.
Police found multiple nip bottles of alcohol in her car after the Jan. 8 crash. Prince, according to the Salem News, which first reported this story, said there was no evidence that King was drunk at the time of the crash.
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Police described the injuries sustained by Danvers crossing guard Susan Turner as serious following the crash.
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