Northern (Indecent) Exposure

Drunk woman in hit-run gets nude
Police not impressed, Crown calls for jail time in bizarre case
By MEGAN GILLIS, Sun Media/The Ottawa Sun

OTTAWA - The Crown is seeking jail time for a woman who sideswiped a car on Hwy. 174, sparking several collisions, then went to the bar for more drinks before answering the door to police naked.

Anik Bertrand, 34, was convicted of impaired driving and leaving the scene of an accident in connection with the Nov. 17, 2006, incident.

“This is someone who is driving down Ottawa’s busiest highway, knocks a car off the road, pinning them in the car, then goes to a bar to drink some more,” prosecutor John Ramsay said.

Bertrand broadsided a car on the highway at Montreal Rd. around midnight, jamming it into the barrier. The driver and a passenger were trapped.

But Bertrand didn’t stop to help. She kept driving to the Royal Oak on Jeanne D’Arc Blvd.

There she had a number of drinks before driving home in her damaged car — despite being offered a ride by a neighbour — and missing her own driveway.

When three police officers tracked her to her home, she answered the door naked and had to be asked to get dressed.

This may be the most savage case of inebriation I've ever heard of. Sure, I've heard stories of drunks who kept going after a crash. But usually they know to take it to the house at that point. But this lady decided if she was going out, she wasn't going out with a bullet. I think she was just trying to die or get arrested. That's why she answered the door naked. She didn't want to run the risk of having the cops think it was all a misunderstanding. I'm surprised she didn't try to barter with sex.