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Monday, January 11, 2010

Huffing Driver Crashes Twice in Two Days!

From the Ada Evening News in Oklahoma:

Last week, a 31-year old woman crashed her car and was arrested twice in two consecutive days.

On Thursday, she was reportedly huffing from a can of computer duster while in her car waiting for a passing train. She then soon crashed head-on into an SUV with a family of five inside and drove away. The police officer reported “she appeared to be dazed. She had a far away stare in her eyes and there was a lot of damage on the front of the vehicle.”

She was taken to the police station where she admitted using inhalants and was charged with “suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to render aid and driving left of center.” One of the children in the SUV was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

The article notes the driver had “reportedly just left court after entering a plea” for a similarly related accident the day before. On Wednesday, a Sheriff’s Department employee noticed a car driving erratically and called in the concern. When the authorities attempted to pull her over, the driver refused to stop. She passed the sobriety test but police note that since a “huffing high” is so short lived, she had probably already sobered up. A can of computer duster was found in the car and the driver was charged with “suspicion of failure to maintain traffic lane, eluding a peace officer and violation of the Oklahoma Inhalation Act.”

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