Police: Drunken Woman Tries Walking Away From Accident Scene

Police arrested a 54-year-old woman Friday afternoon who they said caused an accident near the intersection of Harlem Avenue and 173rd Place.

Connie A. Rauch, of the 17400 block of South 64th Court in , was headed west on 173rd Place around 12:30 p.m. when she tried turning left onto southbound Harlem Avenue, according to the report. In doing so, she struck the front, right side of a vehicle that was in the left, northbound lane of Harlem Avenue.

The intersection was blocked while police investigated, they said. But at one point, they saw Rauch trying to walk away from the crash.

"(The officer) spoke with Rauch who stated she was going to walk home or to her brother's house," the report said, adding that she was told not to leave the scene.

The officer noticed that Rauch was slurring her words and that her breath smelled like alcohol, the report said. Asked if she had been drinking, she told the cops she had three glasses of wine at her brother's house within the hour.

Police escorted her to a squad car, which they said she refused to enter. The officer eventually coaxed her into the car and took her to the where "she could perform field sobriety tests free of traffic and on even ground."

She reportedly failed those tests and blew a .196 on the Breathalyzer. She was charged with failing to yield while turning left, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08.

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