Update: 74-year-old woman, charged in deputy-bumping, identified
August 20, 2009 18:11 PM
The Knox County Sheriff's Office has identified a 74-year-old woman accused of bumping a deputy and continuing to pushing her for 4-5 feet with a truck, at a school zone.
Opal Bundren was taken into custody shortly after the incident.
Officer Amy Siples was directing traffic around Hardin Valley Academy as school got out on Tuesday, when Opal Bundren approached in her Ford F150.
Siples said she told Bundren she'd have to turn her vehicle around to avoid oncoming traffic, but Bundren replied that she would do whatever she wanted.
Siples said Bundren then turned into the "No Entrance" area against traffic, despite it being blocked by Siples' patrol car and three yellow saw horses strung together with yellow tape and a "Do Not Enter" sign.
When Siples turned around to find Bundren a place to get her truck turned around, Siples said Bundren bumped her with the truck and then pushed her another 4-5 feet.
Siples said Bundren then drove around her and continued toward the school but was blocked by traffic, then turned around again and headed toward another area where students had just left the building. Fearing for the students, Siples blocked Bundren's truck in with her cruiser, then arrested her.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office plans to charge her with aggravated assault.
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