Crime & Safety

West County Woman Charged With Assault in Alleged DWI Crash

Another driver was injured after police said the woman drove her car into other vehicles stopped at at traffic light on Highway 141.

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A West County driver faces a criminal charge after the woman struck two cars waiting at a stoplight on southbound Highway 141, injuring another driver. St. Louis County Police said the woman who caused the accident was driving while intoxicated.

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Sarah C. Johnson, 42, of the 2400 block of Barrett Heights Drive in West 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.

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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.

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