A woman was seriously injured in a car-motorcycle collision caused by drunk driving in Salem, NH on July 4th. She was travelling on a motorcycle when she got struck by the drunk driver, Donald Johnson, 50, of Salem on Sunday.
News reports on the accident noted that Johnson was on his way to the fireworks along with his son in the car and was going south on Route 28 in a Toyota Avalon when he entered an intersection. As he took a left turn onto Main Street he struck a motorcycle with two people on it at the intersection traveling north.
According to the police, both of them got injured. The driver of the motorcycle, Robert Baker, 56, of Wilmington, Mass. suffered only minor injuries, but his wife Kathy Baker, 56, who was riding on the back suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. She was initially taken to Lawrence General Hospital, but was later transferred to a Boston hospital, where she underwent surgery on Monday.
Johnson and his 10-year-old son were not injured in the crash.
Johnson failed a field sobriety test and was taken to Parkland Medical Center in Derry for blood tests, police said.
He was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child. He was released on personal recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Salem District Court for arraignment next month.
We sincerely hope Kathy Baker and her husband will have a full and speedy recovery from their injuries sustained in the crash.
