VALPARAISO, IN : Westville woman charged with drunken driving in fatal crash on Saturday, 5th November 2016
A Westville woman faces felony charges after being accused of drunken driving and causing an accident that resulted in the death of a passenger on a motorcycle.
24-year-old Rachel Dover is charged with two different counts of drunken driving resulting in a death and two different counts of drunken driving causing serious bodily injury. She’s also charged with misdemeanor drunken driving.
Dover told authorities she didn’t see a motorcycle that struck her vehicle Saturday. Police say they used a portable breath test and found Dover had a blood alcohol content of 0.23 percent.
Police say 55-year-old Nanette Howard was airlifted to an Illinois hospital and later died. The driver of the motorcycle suffered serious injuries.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Dover has an attorney.
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Westville woman charged with drunken driving in fatal crash