Woman Charged With Assault in DWI Crash
Another driver was injured after the woman drove her car into other vehicles stopped at traffic light on Highway 141.
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A West St. Louis County driver faces a criminal charge after the woman struck two cars waiting at a stoplight on southbound Highway 141 in Ballwin, injuring another driver. St. Louis County Police said the woman who caused the accident was driving while intoxicated.
Sarah C. Johnson, 42, of the 2400 block of Barrett Heights Drive in West St. Louis County, was charged Saturday with second-degree assault.
St. Louis County Police said Johnson was southbound on Highway 141 and hit cars stopped at a stoplight near Milldale Drive and Manoro Way at the Ballwin city limits. One of the other drivers fractured a vertebra, police said.
An officer responding to the accident smelled alcohol on Johnson, who told the officer she had two glasses of wine before driving. According to the police report, Johnson had difficult time balancing herself and did poorly on sobriety tests.
Bond has been set at $50,000 for Johnson.
David
9:47 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
Total BS to put such a high bond on this lady. I see major crimes with low bonds....
eddie Buck
1:17 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
What's the line that a drunk has to cross before the bond goes that high? One person has a fractured vertebrae because this woman struck two stopped cars. Why, because she was drunk. Would it have mattered if it was a beer or whiskey drunk as opposed to wine? Intoxicated and driving..... pretty major infraction, especially if you've lost a child to the actions of a drunk.
Julie Brown Patton
2:33 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
Come back Monday for some answers regarding how bonds are set; Eureka-Wildwood Patch investigated, based on your interests here.
David
9:29 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
And many accidents happen by sober people that kill or seriously injure people and they are not arrested.....just keeping it real
Alfonz24
3:47 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
your key word is "accidents".
Julie Brown Patton
5:35 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Just ensuring you all did see the follow-up article related to the discussion here (thanks): http://eureka-wildwood.patch.com/articles/how-bail-bond-amounts-are-set