Drunk Woman Runs Red Light and Crashes Into Vehicle, Badly Fails Field Sobriety Tests with .22 BAC

Niagara Falls Police responded to the intersection of Packard Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard around 6pm on April 28th after reports of a crash that had just occurred. Upon arrival, officers observed both vehicles in the middle of the intersection with heavy damage and airbag deployment.

Officers first attempted to speak with the driver #1, a female, who briefly stated, “I was driving. . .” and then stopped talking.

Officers then spoke with the male driver of #2 who stated that he was attempting to turn left (southbound) onto Packard Road from Niagara Falls Boulevard when driver #1 “flew through the red traffic light” and collided into him Further, driver #2 said that he had a right of way.

Officers then circled back to the female driver of vehicle #1 at which point she stated again, “I was turning. . . he came at me.” They detected a heavy odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from Driver #1’s breath as she spoke. Officers noted that she exhibited glossy eyes and had slurred speech.

Driver #1 was then asked to exit the vehicle and complied. Officers directed her to a nearby parking lot. However, on her way there she was observed stumbling and then actually fell over onto the ground. When this happened, she said that she has an issue with her hip and was supposed to have surgery.

Officers had to physically assist driver #1 off of the ground. Once on her feet, the official incident report stated that she “did not want to let go” of the officer’s hand as she was unable to keep her balance.

Officers then administered standardized field sobriety tests, both of which driver #1 failed. During the finger count test, she once again was grabbing onto officers to hold herself up.

Driver #1 was placed into custody and transported to police headquarters for booking and processing. While being booked, she consented to a chemical breath test which revealed a BAC of .22%.

At the scene, officers conducted a search of her vehicle. An open 25 ounce “Natty Daddy” alcoholic container was located in the backseat. There was also an orange pill container with an unknown liquid substance inside it.

Witnesses to the collision corroborated driver #2’s account of what occurred. Namely, that driver #1 was traveling at a high rate of speed when she went through a red light into the intersection.

Drunk Woman Runs Red Light and Crashes Into Vehicle, Badly Fails Field Sobriety Tests

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