Leaves scene

PUTNAM — A Putnam woman was arrested after Putnam Police said she left the scene of an accident on South Main Street.

Aug. 31, shortly after 10 p.m. police went to a single car versus a utility pole report. Officers found the vehicle had left the scene and the pole snapped off at the base with the top portion being suspended in the air by the wires.

Officers followed the fluid trail left by the vehicle to Cumberland Farms in Putnam. 

The operator of the vehicle, Tina Lance, 43 Mill St., was charged with evading responsibility, operating under the influence and failure to maintain lane.

No injuries were reported.