SANTA ROSA BEACH — A 25-year-old woman was arrested and charged with drunk driving after she hit two cars on U.S. Highway 331 on Monday night.
Allison Timmons, who lives in DeFuniak Springs, was driving north on U.S. 331 just past Chat Holly Road about 8:20 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Traffic was stopped in front of her due to construction on the Clyde B. Wells bridge over Choctawhatchee Bay.
Timmons failed to see the cars in front of her even though the construction area had advance warning and lights were placed near the person who was flagging and directing traffic, the FHP reported.
Timmons' pick-up truck hit the back of a sport utility vehicle driven by Darcy Hall, a 39-year-old from Freeport. Hall's SUV was pushed out of the northbound lane, across the southbound lane and onto the gravel shoulder on the west side of the road.
Timmons then went on to hit the back of a car that had been stopped in front of Hall's SUV.
Hall and her seven-year-old daughter, who was properly restrained in the back of the car, were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast for precautionary measures, according to the FHP.
No other injuries were reported.
Timmons was arrested and charged with driving under the influence with property damage, having an open container and failing to carry a driver's license, the FHP reported.