21-year-old Aidan Hamilton was caught driving under the influence after being involved in a single-vehicle car accident while on River Valley Drive and Newsom Station Road on August 11th. When officers arrived on the scene, they noticed a vehicle crashed in the right ditch of Newsom Station Road. The car appeared to have left the roadway, spun out, hit a utility pole, and ended up in the ditch. Hamilton, the driver of the vehicle, had a cut to the back of her head and was checked by an on-scene medic. However, she refused to be transported to the hospital. Officers then spoke with Hamilton, who stated that she was driving from a friend’s house when she encountered a groundhog in the middle of the road. She claimed to have swerved to avoid the groundhog and crashed into the ditch.
Officers also spoke with one of the medics, who informed them that Hamilton had a smell of alcohol coming from her breath. Hamilton was then asked to perform sobriety tests, which she accepted. Hamilton was then transported to a nearby gas station on McCrory Lane to perform the tests. Hamilton performed poorly on all tests given, and when performing the tests, officers could smell the odor of alcohol coming from her breath. Officers deemed Hamilton to be intoxicated due to the accident, the smell of alcohol, and the performance of sobriety tests, so she was then detained. Under Miranda, Hamilton admitted to officers that she had four shots of vodka around 10 p.m. on the previous day, which was 7-8 hours before her accident. Hamilton was then taken into custody for DUI.
Aidan K. Hamilton of Riverfront Drive in Nashville, TN, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on August 11th, charged with DUI. A judicial commissioner set her bond at $2,000, and the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office gave her pre-trial release from their facility.
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