From the Office of the Sheriff Sheriff Dennis L. Dotson

For Immediate Release

NEWS RELEASE

Date: Apr 20, 2010

Summary:

On April 14, 2010 at 8:00 AM, LinCom dispatch was notified of a rollover vehicle crash near milepost 2 on Logsden Road, near Siletz, OR. Firefighters from the Siletz Fire and Rescue Department responded and discovered a power pole had also been knocked down and was partly blocking Logsden Road as a result of the crash. Deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and officers with the Toledo-Siletz Tribal Police Department responded to the scene. Deputy David Boys with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office learned the driver was Nicole L. Wilkison, 29 years old from Siletz, and there were three juvenile passengers. Wilkison and one of the juveniles was transported to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport with minor injuries.

Deputy Boys contacted Wilkison at the hospital and noticed signs of impairment. Upon her release from the hospital, the deputy contacted Wilkison and conducted a driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) investigation. Wilkison failed field sobriety tests and was subsequently arrested. Wilkison was transported to the Lincoln County Jail, took the breath test with a 0.00% blood alcohol content. She consented to a drug recognition evaluation which showed signs consistent with drug use.

Wilkison was lodged at the Lincoln County Jail and charged with DUII, Assault IV stemming from injuring a passenger and three counts of Reckless Endangering. Her bail was set at $75,000.

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