these records are falling fast...lots of women are getting smashed
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0110084dui1.html
Drunkest Driver Ever?
Oregon woman nine times over state blood alcohol content limit
JANUARY 10--In what may be the most extreme drunk driving case ever, an Oregon woman was arrested last month with a .72 blood alcohol level--nine times the state's legal limit. Terri Comer, 42, was arrested after she was discovered unconscious in her car, which sheriff's deputies found running and in a snow bank on a highway in Klamath County at 11:30 AM on December 28. After breaking a car window, rescuers removed the comatose Comer from her Toyota and transported her to a local hospital, where a blood draw revealed the .72 BAC. She was reportedly hospitalized for a day before being released. As seen in a police photo, Comer's vehicle came to a stop about 50 feet in front of one of those portable traffic signs reminding motorists not to drink and drive (a close-up of the sign can be seen here). Comer is pictured below in a 2006 mug shot snapped after a prior drunk driving arrest. In that case, her BAC was recorded in the relatively minor .3 range. In November, another Oregon woman, Meagan Harper, was nabbed for drunk driving with an extreme BAC. In her case, Harper's BAC was measured at .55. Comer's .72 edges out what TSG has previously identified as the highest BAC we've ever seen. That fallen record (.69) was held by Willard Ashley III, an Indiana man who was busted in October 2003. (3 pages)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0110084dui1.html
Drunkest Driver Ever?
Oregon woman nine times over state blood alcohol content limit
JANUARY 10--In what may be the most extreme drunk driving case ever, an Oregon woman was arrested last month with a .72 blood alcohol level--nine times the state's legal limit. Terri Comer, 42, was arrested after she was discovered unconscious in her car, which sheriff's deputies found running and in a snow bank on a highway in Klamath County at 11:30 AM on December 28. After breaking a car window, rescuers removed the comatose Comer from her Toyota and transported her to a local hospital, where a blood draw revealed the .72 BAC. She was reportedly hospitalized for a day before being released. As seen in a police photo, Comer's vehicle came to a stop about 50 feet in front of one of those portable traffic signs reminding motorists not to drink and drive (a close-up of the sign can be seen here). Comer is pictured below in a 2006 mug shot snapped after a prior drunk driving arrest. In that case, her BAC was recorded in the relatively minor .3 range. In November, another Oregon woman, Meagan Harper, was nabbed for drunk driving with an extreme BAC. In her case, Harper's BAC was measured at .55. Comer's .72 edges out what TSG has previously identified as the highest BAC we've ever seen. That fallen record (.69) was held by Willard Ashley III, an Indiana man who was busted in October 2003. (3 pages)
Police: Bus Driver Drunk While On Duty
Woman Drove 77 Children Home, Police Say
POSTED: 5:24 pm EST January 9, 2008
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.wfsb.com/js/13260191/script.js"></script>CLINTON, Conn. -- A 47-year-old bus driver is facing allegations that she was drunk while driving dozens of children home from school.Clinton police told Eyewitness News Ramona Jennings was four times over the legal limit and noticeably drunk while driving a crowded Clinton school bus in late November.Colleagues said Jennings was swerving and slurring her words over the radio. Police said Jennings' co-workers forced her to pull over, and someone else took over her route.Jennings' supervisor then took her to an occupational health center, where officials said Jennings' blood alcohol level registered at .343 percent, more than four times the legal limit. Police said they believe Jennings drove 77 children home.Police have charged Jennings with reckless endangerment, risk of injury and driving under the influence.The bus company fired Jennings on the same day, and she later turned herself in to police after a warrant was issued.Police said they were not immediately notified because the bus company's policy does not require notification to authorities.Jennings' supervisor called police after the incident, and they began their own investigation, which ended with the arrest.
Woman Drove 77 Children Home, Police Say
POSTED: 5:24 pm EST January 9, 2008
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.wfsb.com/js/13260191/script.js"></script>CLINTON, Conn. -- A 47-year-old bus driver is facing allegations that she was drunk while driving dozens of children home from school.Clinton police told Eyewitness News Ramona Jennings was four times over the legal limit and noticeably drunk while driving a crowded Clinton school bus in late November.Colleagues said Jennings was swerving and slurring her words over the radio. Police said Jennings' co-workers forced her to pull over, and someone else took over her route.Jennings' supervisor then took her to an occupational health center, where officials said Jennings' blood alcohol level registered at .343 percent, more than four times the legal limit. Police said they believe Jennings drove 77 children home.Police have charged Jennings with reckless endangerment, risk of injury and driving under the influence.The bus company fired Jennings on the same day, and she later turned herself in to police after a warrant was issued.Police said they were not immediately notified because the bus company's policy does not require notification to authorities.Jennings' supervisor called police after the incident, and they began their own investigation, which ended with the arrest.
here's another new one...
http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=478581&highlight=blood+alcohol+content
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — A Rohnert Park teen is recovering at home after drinking what medical professionals say could have been a lethal amount of alcohol.
Rohnert Park police say the 15-year-old girl's blood-alcohol content was 0.578 — seven times the level for drunken driving — when she was hospitalized over the weekend.
A police spokesman says after being taken by ambulance to a hospital Friday night, doctors feared she would not live through the night.
Police say the girl had been at party at a home with a group of friends, with no adults present.
Investigators are still piecing together what happened that night and trying to determine if there was any criminal wrongdoing.
The name of the girl has not been released.
http://forum.therx.com/showthread.php?t=478581&highlight=blood+alcohol+content
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — A Rohnert Park teen is recovering at home after drinking what medical professionals say could have been a lethal amount of alcohol.
Rohnert Park police say the 15-year-old girl's blood-alcohol content was 0.578 — seven times the level for drunken driving — when she was hospitalized over the weekend.
A police spokesman says after being taken by ambulance to a hospital Friday night, doctors feared she would not live through the night.
Police say the girl had been at party at a home with a group of friends, with no adults present.
Investigators are still piecing together what happened that night and trying to determine if there was any criminal wrongdoing.
The name of the girl has not been released.
better article........
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080507/NEWS/805070331/1033/NEWS&template=kart
15-year-old RP girl survives near-fatal 0.57 alcohol level
Friends say teenager drank 20-ounce bottle of vodka at party with no adults present, later found unconscious at park
By Laura Norton
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
May 07, 2008
BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONTENT
Blood-alcohol content refers to the amount of alcohol absorbed into the bloodstream.
A 100-pound person would have to consume nine to 10 drinks in one hour to have a blood-alcohol content of 0.50.
Levels and their likely effects:
0.02: Lowest measure of drunkenness
0.08: California drivers exceeding this limit guilty of DUI
0.15: Judgment and perception are severely impaired
0.25: Asphyxiation and severe injury possible
0.30: Stupor
0.35: Surgically anesthetized
0.40 and up: Coma, respiratory arrest, possible death
0.50 buttsecks???
Sources: Rutgers University Alcohol Studies; University of Oklahoma
A Rohnert Park teenager nearly died of an alcohol overdose at a weekend party after she filled an empty 20-ounce Gatorade bottle with vodka and drank it straight before wandering off to a nearby park, friends said Tuesday.
The girl's blood-alcohol content was 0.578, seven times the level for drunken driving, when she was rushed by ambulance to Memorial Hospital and doctors feared she would not live through the night, Rohnert Park Police Sgt. Art Sweeney said Tuesday.
The 15-year-old girl, a freshman at Rancho Cotate High School, had a tube inserted in her throat to help with her breathing, friends said. She was kept at the hospital through Sunday and was fully recovered and back at school on Monday, doing fine and showing off a hospital bracelet, said friend Gabriel Gomez.
Medical professionals said the amount of alcohol in her blood could have been lethal.
"She's lucky that her friends got to her when they did," said Memorial Hospital emergency room doctor Josh Kucker. "It's tough to say what could have happened if she had come in two minutes later."
Speaking outside the girl's Rohnert Park townhome, her father declined comment and asked not to be identified.
Police investigators said Tuesday they still are piecing together what happened that night and determining if there was any criminal wrongdoing.
The girl had been at a home with a group of about 10 friends, and no adults were present, said investigators and acquaintances.
At about 10 p.m., two of the partygoers found the girl unconscious on a picnic table in nearby Dorotea Park. It remains unknown where the alcohol came from and how she got from the home to the park, Sweeney said.
The girl was unconscious and making "gurgling" noises when she tried to breathe. The two teens put her into a car and drove her to an urgent care facility in Rohnert Park. When they found it closed, they called 911.
Rohnert Park firefighters and an ambulance crew received the call for help at 10:38 p.m.
"The firefighters had to perform rescue breathing or the girl would die. When the ambulance arrived, the firefighters rode to Memorial Hospital and continued to breathe for the young girl," Sweeney said in a statement Tuesday.
Kucker, who was on duty Tuesday but was not at the emergency room when the girl arrived Friday night, said that while teenagers, particularly college students, are frequent visitors to emergency rooms for alcohol overdoses, it is "extremely rare" for a young teenager to have a blood-alcohol content in excess of 0.50.
"We definitely see that in chronic alcoholics, even those who are walking around and acting normal. But it's definitely pretty rare to see it that high in someone that young," he said.
There shouldn't be any long-term effects from a serious alcohol overdose unless she suffered brain damage from not breathing, Kucker said.
But a hangover from being that drunk would last two to three "very bad" days, Kucker said.
Parents collecting their freshman and sophomore students outside the school Tuesday said they hadn't heard about the girl's close call but planned now to talk to their children about the dangers of drinking.
Some parents said parties where alcohol was available were more common among students than they had anticipated. Others said they weren't aware of any instances of Rancho Cotate teens drinking.
"It's scary," said one mother. "It could be any of our kids."
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080507/NEWS/805070331/1033/NEWS&template=kart
15-year-old RP girl survives near-fatal 0.57 alcohol level
Friends say teenager drank 20-ounce bottle of vodka at party with no adults present, later found unconscious at park
By Laura Norton
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
May 07, 2008
BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONTENT
Blood-alcohol content refers to the amount of alcohol absorbed into the bloodstream.
A 100-pound person would have to consume nine to 10 drinks in one hour to have a blood-alcohol content of 0.50.
Levels and their likely effects:
0.02: Lowest measure of drunkenness
0.08: California drivers exceeding this limit guilty of DUI
0.15: Judgment and perception are severely impaired
0.25: Asphyxiation and severe injury possible
0.30: Stupor
0.35: Surgically anesthetized
0.40 and up: Coma, respiratory arrest, possible death
0.50 buttsecks???
Sources: Rutgers University Alcohol Studies; University of Oklahoma
A Rohnert Park teenager nearly died of an alcohol overdose at a weekend party after she filled an empty 20-ounce Gatorade bottle with vodka and drank it straight before wandering off to a nearby park, friends said Tuesday.
The girl's blood-alcohol content was 0.578, seven times the level for drunken driving, when she was rushed by ambulance to Memorial Hospital and doctors feared she would not live through the night, Rohnert Park Police Sgt. Art Sweeney said Tuesday.
The 15-year-old girl, a freshman at Rancho Cotate High School, had a tube inserted in her throat to help with her breathing, friends said. She was kept at the hospital through Sunday and was fully recovered and back at school on Monday, doing fine and showing off a hospital bracelet, said friend Gabriel Gomez.
Medical professionals said the amount of alcohol in her blood could have been lethal.
"She's lucky that her friends got to her when they did," said Memorial Hospital emergency room doctor Josh Kucker. "It's tough to say what could have happened if she had come in two minutes later."
Speaking outside the girl's Rohnert Park townhome, her father declined comment and asked not to be identified.
Police investigators said Tuesday they still are piecing together what happened that night and determining if there was any criminal wrongdoing.
The girl had been at a home with a group of about 10 friends, and no adults were present, said investigators and acquaintances.
At about 10 p.m., two of the partygoers found the girl unconscious on a picnic table in nearby Dorotea Park. It remains unknown where the alcohol came from and how she got from the home to the park, Sweeney said.
The girl was unconscious and making "gurgling" noises when she tried to breathe. The two teens put her into a car and drove her to an urgent care facility in Rohnert Park. When they found it closed, they called 911.
Rohnert Park firefighters and an ambulance crew received the call for help at 10:38 p.m.
"The firefighters had to perform rescue breathing or the girl would die. When the ambulance arrived, the firefighters rode to Memorial Hospital and continued to breathe for the young girl," Sweeney said in a statement Tuesday.
Kucker, who was on duty Tuesday but was not at the emergency room when the girl arrived Friday night, said that while teenagers, particularly college students, are frequent visitors to emergency rooms for alcohol overdoses, it is "extremely rare" for a young teenager to have a blood-alcohol content in excess of 0.50.
"We definitely see that in chronic alcoholics, even those who are walking around and acting normal. But it's definitely pretty rare to see it that high in someone that young," he said.
There shouldn't be any long-term effects from a serious alcohol overdose unless she suffered brain damage from not breathing, Kucker said.
But a hangover from being that drunk would last two to three "very bad" days, Kucker said.
Parents collecting their freshman and sophomore students outside the school Tuesday said they hadn't heard about the girl's close call but planned now to talk to their children about the dangers of drinking.
Some parents said parties where alcohol was available were more common among students than they had anticipated. Others said they weren't aware of any instances of Rancho Cotate teens drinking.
"It's scary," said one mother. "It could be any of our kids."
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http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_9d4a1d0e-f4d1-11de-8edf-001cc4c002e0.html
A Sturgis woman had a blood-alcohol level of .708 percent, possibly a state record, when she was found earlier this month behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle parked on Interstate 90, according to Meade County State’s Attorney Jesse Sondreal.
A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper discovered Marguerite Engle, 45, on Dec. 1 passed out behind the wheel of a delivery truck reported stolen in Rapid City.
Her blood-alcohol level was almost nine times South Dakota’s legal limit of .08 percent.
Checks with local and state labs where blood-alcohol levels are tested suggest Engle’s reading may be the highest ever recorded in South Dakota, Sondreal said.
Sondreal said a state chemist recalled a sample that tested .53, but nothing higher, in his more than 30 years on the job.
Dr. Robert Looyenga, who recently retired from the Rapid City Police Department’s forensic laboratory, told Sondreal that the highest blood-alcohol sample he tested measured .56 percent.
Sondreal’s research indicates that a blood-alcohol level of .40 is considered a lethal dose for about 50 percent of the population.
“Engle’s was almost double that,” Sondreal said.
After she was found, Engle was hospitalized and freed on bond.
She failed to appear in court on Dec. 15, but Sturgis police located her Monday evening in another stolen car sitting in a ditch along S.D. Highway 34 near Fort Meade.
Engle was arrested for second offense driving under the influence and taken to jail.
Engle made her initial appearance in Meade County magistrate court Tuesday. She is being held without bond.
Sondreal said Engle has been living in a hotel after recently moving here from Minnesota.
Engle is most likely facing charges in Pennington County since both vehicles were stolen in Rapid City, Sondreal said.
A Sturgis woman had a blood-alcohol level of .708 percent, possibly a state record, when she was found earlier this month behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle parked on Interstate 90, according to Meade County State’s Attorney Jesse Sondreal.
A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper discovered Marguerite Engle, 45, on Dec. 1 passed out behind the wheel of a delivery truck reported stolen in Rapid City.
Her blood-alcohol level was almost nine times South Dakota’s legal limit of .08 percent.
Checks with local and state labs where blood-alcohol levels are tested suggest Engle’s reading may be the highest ever recorded in South Dakota, Sondreal said.
Sondreal said a state chemist recalled a sample that tested .53, but nothing higher, in his more than 30 years on the job.
Dr. Robert Looyenga, who recently retired from the Rapid City Police Department’s forensic laboratory, told Sondreal that the highest blood-alcohol sample he tested measured .56 percent.
Sondreal’s research indicates that a blood-alcohol level of .40 is considered a lethal dose for about 50 percent of the population.
“Engle’s was almost double that,” Sondreal said.
After she was found, Engle was hospitalized and freed on bond.
She failed to appear in court on Dec. 15, but Sturgis police located her Monday evening in another stolen car sitting in a ditch along S.D. Highway 34 near Fort Meade.
Engle was arrested for second offense driving under the influence and taken to jail.
Engle made her initial appearance in Meade County magistrate court Tuesday. She is being held without bond.
Sondreal said Engle has been living in a hotel after recently moving here from Minnesota.
Engle is most likely facing charges in Pennington County since both vehicles were stolen in Rapid City, Sondreal said.
