South Dakota Blood Alcohol Record

A woman in South Dakota has the dubious honor of being the drunkest person ever found in South Dakota.

The woman was found passed out in a delivery van, that she had stolen, and though the legal limit for blood alcohol content is .08, she checked in at a whopping .708! Authorities said they believed it was the highest score on a drunk test they had ever seen. She is now facing charges, and I hope for her sake that this also leads to a record for most time in rehab, or most Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

South Dakota Blood Alcohol Record
seattlepi

South Dakota authorities say that a woman found passed out in a stolen delivery van earlier this month registered a blood alcohol content of .708 - almost nine times the legal limit and possibly record for the state. Meade County State's Attorney Jesse Sondreal said Wednesday that 45-year-old Marguerite Engle was found slumped over the van's steering wheel along a highway on Dec. 1. He says that the highest blood alcohol content state chemists he spoke with could recall was a .56. The state's legal limit is .08...

South Dakota Blood Alcohol Record