California drunk driver pleads guilty after crashing into anti-drunk driving sign
By Social Links forSnejana Farberov
Published Dec. 21, 2023, 2:22 p.m. ET
A woman has pleaded guilty in California to driving under the influence after she crashed into a sign warning motorists against drunk driving.
Clarissa Hernandez, 27, from Texas, had downed a pint of tequila minutes before getting behind the wheel of her Land Rover early Aug. 11 and plowing into an electronic signboard in Palm Springs that read, “Don’t Drink & Drive,” according to a police statement.
The impact of the crash shattered the sign, but cops said the situation could have been much worse because the sloshed driver had narrowly avoided colliding with a group of pedestrians leaving a nearby theater.
Officers who were posted at the checkpoint near the crash scene ran over and saw Hernandez staggering away from her wrecked vehicle.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/news/drunk-driver-pleads-guilty-after-hitting-dui-warning-sign/
