In what may be the most extreme drunk driving case ever, an Oregon woman was arrested with a .72 blood alcohol level–nine times the state’s legal limit. Terri Comer, 42, was arrested after she was discovered unconscious in her car, which sheriff’s deputies found running and in a snow bank on a highway in Klamath County.
After breaking a car window, rescuers removed the comatose Comer from her Toyota and transported her to a local hospital, where a blood draw revealed the .72 BAC. She was reportedly hospitalized for a day before being released.
As seen in this police photo, Comer’s vehicle came to a stop about 50 feet in front of one of those portable traffic signs reminding motorists not to drink and drive.
Comer had a prior drunk driving arrest in which her BAC was recorded in the relatively minor .3 range.
Another Oregon woman, Meagan Harper, was nabbed for drunk driving with an extreme BAC. In her case, Harper’s BAC was measured at .55.
Comer’s .72 edges out what may have previously been the highest BAC ever (while living to tell about it). That fallen record (.69) was held by Willard Ashley III, an Indiana man who was busted in October 2003.
SOURCE: The Smoking Gun
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