A woman has been charged after blowing five times the legal limit on a breathalyzer Friday evening.
Staff Sergeant Mark MacPherson with Lunenburg District RCMP says, the 40-year-old woman was arrested after being found sitting behind the drivers wheel of a vehicle.
Police responded when a motorist, who was in the woods in the Sherwood area off Highway 14, returned to her car and found the dirt road blocked by the woman’s vehicle.
MacPherson says she showed signs of impairement and was taken to the local RCMP detachment.
“One of the readings was five times the legal limit and one was just below that,” says MacPherson. “They’re one of the highest readings I’ve ever heard of in 23 years of policing.
The woman was charged with impaired care and control by alcohol and care and control over the legal limit.
That charge is applied when a person is caught behind the wheel, the vehicle could be running, or the keys are in the ignition, but they are not currently driving.
the woman will appear in Bridgewater Provincial Court in December.
Story by Brittany Wentzell
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Email: wentzell.brittany@radioabl.ca