Metro Mother Accused Of Crashing Into OKC Officer’s Vehicle While Intoxicated Faces Felony DUI Charge

An Oklahoma City police officer was injured on Wednesday after his patrol automotive was slammed into by a metro mom who admitted to driving whereas intoxicated. The crash occurred close to Southeast twenty ninth and the I-35 service highway. Court paperwork confirmed this was 33-year-old Levenda Smith’s second DUI arrest in 10 years, making this one a felony cost.

Investigators mentioned Smith was driving at a excessive fee of pace when she slammed into the again of the Oklahoma City officer’s patrol automotive. The officer was stopped on the intersection on the southeast aspect of the town close to a Sonic, the place staff heard the crash.]

“It was like a big explosion,” mentioned Natruan Glover, crash witness. “Sounded like an explosion. Boom! Loud like that.”

Police and EMS responded to the harm crash. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers had been referred to as to the scene to research Smith, who gave the impression to be underneath the affect.

“One of the DREs, that’s what we call them Drug Recognition Experts,” mentioned Trooper Eric Foster, Oklahoma Highway Patrol. “One of the DREs actually made the arrest and the other did the eval separate from the arrest at the hospital.”

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s arrest affidavit acknowledged Smith informed Troopers she was upset after a telephone name along with her boyfriend and was on the way in which to select up her kids, nevertheless it didn’t say the place she was coming from.

“They noticed several indicators of intoxicants,” mentioned Foster. “There were also statements by the suspect that there were intoxicants in the blood.”

Smith admitted to Troopers she took three pictures of alcohol earlier than the crash and smoked marijuana earlier within the day. Troopers additionally discovered Smith was convicted of DUI in 2015 in Colorado. This time, Smith was booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center on one DUI criticism.

Smith and the officer had been taken to native hospitals to be handled for accidents. Both are anticipated to be high quality.