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South Dakota Woman Sets State Blood Alcohol Content Record

By Chris Kramer

A South Dakota woman received a dubious honor in December when she doubled the state’s previous record for blood alcohol content. On Dec. 1 of last year, state troopers found Marguerite Engle passed out in the driver?s seat of a stolen van on the side of a highway. Engle, 45, was found to have a shocking .708 blood-alcohol content percentage, about 25 percent higher than the highest BAC recorded in South Dakota history, according to a reportin the New York Daily News. ?The BAC is almost incomprehensible,? said Meade County State?s Attorney Jesse Sondreal. She said the previous record high for BAC in the state was .56. Drivers found with a BAC over .08 percent can be charged with a DUI in every state. Somehow, Engle managed to survive with a BAC level that would have been fatal in most instances...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on January 18, 2010 (boomark / email).