Thursday Accident

Thursday, December 9 at about 6:30 pm the Mount Pleasant Police Department responded to the 600 block of South Jefferson Street for a report of a two-vehicle accident. Upon investigation, it was determined that a car operated by Paul Connolly of Mount Pleasant, was stopped in the roadway in the 600 block of South Jefferson Street facing northbound while waiting to make a left-hand turn onto West Webster Street. Another car operated by Bradley Sallee of Mount Pleasant, who was also traveling North on South Jefferson Street Sallee failed to see that the Connolly vehicle was stopped. Sallee failed to stop in an assured clear distance which resulted in a rear end collision. Sallee was found to be at fault and was cited for failure to stop in assured clear distance.