Rachel Shannon
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He said that he saw a woman on the phone flailing her arms around and yelling, but he wasn't sure if she was talking to 911 or a friend based on how she was talking.
He described that she was tall, blonde, white woman wearing a black shirt.
He remembered that he also saw another lady at the scene that looked very similar to the woman wearing a black shirt.
He said that he wasn't sure how the other lady got there.
She was just sort of there.
As one officer was speaking with those witnesses, another officer approached the two women on scene who were standing near the silver SUV.
One of the women approached the officer, introducing herself as Sarah Beth Peterson.
She was clearly visibly upset and admitted that she was the driver of the car that hit the Amish buggy.
Of course, the officer asked for her driver's license so she got it.
But she went over to a black SUV that was parked nearby and got it from there.
At that point, the other woman on scene identified herself as Samantha Jo Peterson, Sarah's sister.
She then showed them a temporary ID with her name on it.
She told officers that she had actually taken her sister's wallet from Sarah and put it in the black SUV.
At that point, the officer brought Sarah into his patrol car to speak privately, but of course, he recorded their conversation.
There, he asked her to explain what happened.
She said that she had been driving but didn't see the buggy.
It had been on the road towards the middle of the road when she hit them.
When asked where she was headed, she had that she was headed home from work in Rochester.
He asked if she worked overnights, and she said no.
She worked the day shift, but she was headed home to make sure her kids were out of bed and got them to school before starting work at 10 a.m.