Police Log: GPS Blamed for Crash

July 22, 6:28 a.m. – Winchester police pulled over a driver for speeding at Highland Avenue and Mount Pleasant Street. He was travelling 44 mph; the speed limit is 30. The driver handed the officer his registration, but informed him that he had left his license at home. After running his name and date of birth it turned out that the driver was suspended from operating a motor vehicle. The officer drove the driver to the address on the registration to inform the owner of the vehicle where her car was located.

July 22, 8:27 a.m. – A general contractor working on a house on Cambridge Street called the Winchester Police Department because some equipment his electrical contractor had left in the house on Tuesday were missing.

Both parties told the officer the house is always locked and secure when they leave for the day. The home is currently empty, while work is being done to the house. The homeowner did arrive at the house Tuesday evening to check on the work and he noticed the backdoor was unlocked when he arrived.

There was no sign of forced-entry and along with some of tools and a pile of scrap metal and aluminum, nothing else seems to have been taken.

July 22, 12:45 p.m. – During lunchtime on Thursday, the Winchester Police responded to a car accident at the intersection of Lawson and Jefferson Road. The driver of the first vehicle, informed police he had been on Highland Avenue, and tried to turn onto Lawson because that's what his GPS System told him to do.

The driver of the second vehicle needed to be treated by paramedics for chest pain. A witness told police that the first vehicle was travelling at a "high rate of speed" as the second vehicle was travelling through the intersection.

Both cars received significant damage.