Ferrell arrested following crash

Monday, July 8, 2024 at 8:05 PM

Marshall County Police investigated a single-vehicle rollover accident on Friday, July 5th that landed a South Bend man in the Marshal County Jail.

At approximately 11:57 pm, the Marshall County Central Dispatch Center broadcasted a report of a single-vehicle rollover accident with unknown injuries on Plymouth Laporte Trail south of Sage Road and Marshall County deputies responded.

During the crash investigation, the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle,38-year-old Timothy E Ferrell showed signs of alcohol intoxication. Ferrell was transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked in for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated endangering. He was held on a $1,500 cash bond.

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