Driver Jailed for Swamp Pike Crash that Injured Exeter Man

A Norristown resident was sentenced on May 3 to 14 to 59 months in jail and five years' probation at the conclusion of proceedings stemming from a July 2012 crash in Limerick Township. 

Arrison Renee Bunner, 22, pleaded guilty in February to aggravated assault by a vehicle. Bunner confessed to taking "speed" at midnight the night before the crash and told police that, while she thought she was trying to avoid an animal when she crashed, she wasn't sure if she had hallucinated the animal.

Brian Blackwell, the car's passenger, sustained serious injuries in the crash. According to an article in the Pottstown Mercury, Blackwell "cannot walk and remains in a rehabilitation hospital, confined to a wheelchair, undergoing speech, physical and occupational therapy after suffering a traumatic brain injury."

A toxicology report showed quantities of amphetamines and methamphetamines in Bunner's blood at the time of the crash.

Bunner will serve her sentence in the county jail, according to the sentencing by Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy. 

Demchick-Alloy told Bunner, "you’ll be on my watch and you can’t afford to make a single mistake," according to the Mercury.