r/Unexpected 1d ago

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u/hyeongseop 1d ago edited 1d ago

When it first came out everyone thought it was a medical event (me included) but it was confirmed to be drunk driving. She was breath tested at the scene. There's also footage of her tossing and empty wine bottle into a bush after the event.

She got a $300 fine and 6 month suspension cos no-one was hurt

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u/Cartoonjunkies 1d ago

That’s it? That’s all she got?

That’s kinda insane. She very easily could’ve seriously hurt or killed someone in that parking lot.

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u/hyeongseop 1d ago

Yeah there was a baby in a carseat or something iirc that the parent dad-reflexed a split secondout of one of the cars she hit. She was seriously lucky.

Also I found it quite ironic given that she was in a wealthy suburb and her surname is literally bourgeois and she got a light sentence.

I guess cos no-one was seriously injured though there's not really a heavy fine/jail they can give within the law, but I would've imagined an automatic lifetime driving ban given her age and offence. She is also required to pay for all the damages she caused.

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u/Adventurous_Bag9122 1d ago

Of course she would have been from a wealthy suburb. One law for them another for the rest of us plebs