(AP) -- 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 on Rosewood Drive near downtown Columbia around 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.
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