COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP, WLTX) -- South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal has paid a fine of more than $80 after getting a speeding ticket.
A Columbia police officer ticketed Toal for going 34 mph in a 25 mph zone in the 2000 block of Rosewood Drive, near A.C. Moore Elementary, close to downtown Columbia at about 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 7.
A note on the ticket dated Thursday indicates Toal paid her $81.87 fine.
Toal's secretary said she was out of town and the chief justice didn't immediately return a phone message Thursday.
Toal has had traffic troubles before. In 2001, she was ticketed for leaving an accident scene and driving too fast for conditions when her minivan sideswiped a car. In March 2007, Toal was ticketed again for leaving an accident scene after hitting a car in a Columbia airport parking lot.
11/20/2009 9:17:37 AM
