Judge was unconscious while driving the wrong way down the highway and too intoxicated to perform sobriety tests: Cops
Story by David Harris • 18h
An Iowa judge was busted driving the wrong way down a highway and appeared to be passed out as she crashed into a median, according to police.
Adria Kester, the chief judge of the Hawkeye State's Second Judicial District, faces a charge of operating while under the influence – first offense, court records say. Concerned motorists called 911 shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 4 after seeing Kester's 2026 GMC Canyon Denali slowly driving east in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 30 near Boone, which is some 45 miles northwest of Des Moines, a criminal complaint obtained by The Associated Press said.
Witnesses reportedly stated they saw the 55-year-old Kester slumped over the wheel as she entered the median, cops wrote. One witness tried to open the driver's door, but it wouldn't open as the truck moved slowly through the median. The witness had to climb through a back window to stop the vehicle.
Deputies with the Boone County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and reportedly found Kester in the driver's seat, unconscious. They also allegedly found a "cup with a liquid that smelled like alcohol," the affidavit said. Kester was observed to have bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, cops noted. When deputies pulled her out of the vehicle, she was allegedly unable to walk.
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