Blood Alcohol Level South Dakota Record

[haldir]

I have seen tests back in the day where someone would get in the +.4 area, but never this high. WOW!

A Sturgis woman had a blood-alcohol level of .708 percent, possibly a state record, when she was found earlier this month behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle parked on Interstate 90, according to Meade County State’s Attorney Jesse Sondreal.
A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper discovered Marguerite Engle, 45, on Dec. 1 passed out behind the wheel of a delivery truck reported stolen in Rapid City.
Her blood-alcohol level was almost nine times South Dakota’s legal limit of .08 percent.
Checks with local and state labs where blood-alcohol levels are tested suggest Engle’s reading may be the highest ever recorded in South Dakota, Sondreal said.
Sondreal said a state chemist recalled a sample that tested .53, but nothing higher, in his more than 30 years on the job.
Dr. Robert Looyenga, who recently retired from the Rapid City Police Department’s forensic laboratory, told Sondreal that the highest blood-alcohol sample he tested measured .56 percent.
Sondreal’s research indicates that a blood-alcohol level of .40 is considered a lethal dose for about 50 percent of the population.
“Engle’s was almost double that,” Sondreal said.
After she was found, Engle was hospitalized and freed on bond.
She failed to appear in court on Dec. 15, but Sturgis police located her Monday evening in another stolen car sitting in a ditch along S.D. Highway 34 near Fort Meade.
Engle was arrested for second offense driving under the influence and taken to jail.
Engle made her initial appearance in Meade County magistrate court Tuesday. She is being held without bond.
Sondreal said Engle has been living in a hotel after recently moving here from Minnesota.
Engle is most likely facing charges in Pennington County since both vehicles were stolen in Rapid City, Sondreal said.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Wow

Never, did I ever imagine that somebody could live through that. That is nearly unbelievable. I wonder if they double checked that number.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I've seen people dead from .25! Wow. Almost one percent of her blood was alcohol. I wonder if she now needs a warning label? 1.42 proof blood! Idiot child.

 

[haldir]

Reminds me of the old George Jones ditty "with the blood from my body, I could start my own still. If drinking don't kill me, her memory will...."

 

[ghitch75]

it will take her a couple days to sober up!!!.....

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I have seen a .44 bac.

He drove his Mercedes onto one of those low trailers that guys haul lawn mowers around on (the trailer was empty). What do you call them?

Look like this:



I remember a Rutgers study that showed some hard core alcoholics can remain ambulatory at .70, but driving? Wow!

 

[shibumiseeker]

I have seen a .44 bac.

He drove his Mercedes onto one of those low trailers that guys haul lawn mowers around on (the trailer was empty). What do you call them?

I call mine a trailer

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Oh, O.K., I thought there was a proper technical name for them. Maybe "equipment trailer" or such?

My father has a trailer, but he hauls horses, not lawn mowers.

 

[robbran144]

makes me wonder how long before someone chimes in and brags that they've had a higher BAC than that...

 

[GlockRock]

I arrested a .37 earlier this summer.

 

[Cat-Herder]

too much blood in her alcohol system?

 

[x2bax]

Am I the only one that is amazed that they let her go the first time? She turned around and stole another car and got nearly as drunk. Lock her up and throw away the key before she kills someone.

 

[littletommy]

I'm just glad there wasn't a mug shot included in the story...god, I can only imagine what a train wreck that would be!

 

[Bigum1969]

If she got a bloody nose while smoking she'd likely catch on fire.

Dang, that is some serious drinking.

 

[Redskinsfan]

Yes, that's it

Oh, O.K., I thought there was a proper technical name for them. Maybe "equipment trailer" or such?



My father has a trailer, but he hauls horses, not lawn mowers.

You recalled correctly, it is called and equipment trailer.

Terry

 

[Bill of Rights]

I've seen people dead from .25! Wow. Almost one percent of her blood was alcohol. I wonder if she now needs a warning label? 1.42 proof blood! Idiot child.

This "idiot child" was 45 years old! The highest I've personally seen was .545, drunk on dollar-store mouthwash. I have heard of .7+, but that person was left with minimal brain function and required permanent nursing home care. I know the one is no longer among the living and I would not call the second one's existence "living" at all.

I don't know what makes some people able to drink to this level of excess, but I really wish they would choose more wisely.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[HICKMAN]

ROFL, they keep State records for this?

 

[HandK]

That there is a real women!!! best on I ever saw was a .38 another guy in our department had a .43 on a monday morning at 9:00 am.

 

[HandK]

If she got a bloody nose while smoking she'd likely catch on fire.

Dang, that is some serious drinking.

Thats rep worthy!! but you know rep button broke!!

 

[DRob]

$$$$$$

That girl right there, boys, is no cheap date! She'll drink up your paycheck then steal your car!