Accident Driver Charged With Drunk Driving, Cocaine Possession

Police say the driver in that early morning car crash on Elm Street was drunk and driving recklessly. And one of the injured passengers was Rep. Jim Lyons' son.

Bradford Miller, 19, of 18 Dale St. Apt. B, Andover, was arraigned at Lawrence General Hospital Friday morning on two charges of operating under the influence while driving negligently and causing serious bodily injury, Carrie Kimball-Moynahan of Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett's office said. He was also charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol and possession of cocaine.

Lawrence District Court Judge Jose Sanchez ordered Miller to be held on $10,000 cash bail, with bail conditions including electronic monitoring. Also, Miller will be held without bail for 60 days because of another open pending drunk driving case from last year.

Just after 1 a.m. Friday morning, police received a call about an accident near 86 Elm Street involving a white Mitsubishi Lancer, which had crashed into a tree. When police arrived, Miller was reportedly walking around shirtless and barefoot.

It took emergency crews a half hour to remove the other two occupants from the vehicle, and they had to use the Jaws of Life to extract the third occupant, who was trapped beneath the car's collapsed dashboard and front end.

The passengers were identified as Theodore Pineault and Michael Lyons, son of State Rep. Jim Lyons. All three men were transported to Lawrence General Hospital for treatment.

Police said Pineault and Lyons will be summonsed for possession of cocaine.

Miller was charged with operating under the influence last year after an underage drinking party on Bridle Path Road. Also last year, Pineault and Lyons were charged with underage drinking at a party on Buchan Drive.