COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Walsh

SMITH, Judge.

The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County sustaining the appeal of Colette Marie Walsh (Walsh) from a one-year suspension of her operating privileges for refusal to submit to chemical testing pursuant to Section 1547 of the Vehicle Code, as amended, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547.

On March 30, 1990, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Officer Joachim Oreskovich of the Lansdowne Borough Police Department responded to an accident in which the vehicle Walsh was driving was rear-ended by another vehicle. While…