Arrest follows hit and run

On Feb. 22, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a two-vehicle hit and run crash in the village of Ferryville. The Crawford County K-9 unit responded and met with the two victims whose vehicles were both legally parking on Main Street. 

It was determined the suspect vehicle left from a parked position and began operating southbound. The suspect vehicle struck the two vehicles, a 2016 Toyota Corolla and a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan. The victim vehicles both sustained damage to their driver’s sides. A witness observed a woman, identified as Jean Boardman, 61, Ferryville, leaving the scene, with damage to her vehicle’s passenger side. 

The deputy responded to Boardman’s residence and located the suspect vehicle crashed into an outbuilding along the driveway, with its engine still running. Boardman was located sitting in a snow bank, in front of her vehicle. Her vehicle had damage to the passenger’s side and new damage to the driver’s side, due to side swiping the outbuilding.

Boardman admitted to leaving a tavern in Ferryville and displayed signs of impairment. Field sobriety testing was conducted and she was subsequently arrested for operating while under the influence of an intoxicant (second offense). She was transported to Crossing Rivers Health, then to the Crawford County Jail. 

Boardman also may be charged with two counts of hit and run to an unattended vehicle.