Woman Charged With DUI Explains Why She Can't Take Breathalyzer Test: Cops

An Oak Lawn woman who left the scene of an accident explained to police why she couldn’t take a breathalyzer test after she was charged with driving under influence of alcohol, reports said.

Marcia J. Matejka, 56, of the 9000 block of South 49th Court, was charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and improper lane usage.

Oak Lawn police responded to a hit-and-run accident that had just occurred around 4:20 p.m. March 27, near 91st Street and 54th Avenue.

When officers arrived at the scene, a man said he was just hit by a woman, later identified as Matejka, driving a Grand Am and pointed out the driver, police said.

According to the report, Matejka standing by her vehicle outside her residence in the 9000 block of South 49th Court. Matejka told police she left the scene because she had to go to the bathroom.

Officers said that Matejka’s breath smelled of alcohol and she appeared unsteady on her feet. She told them she drank two Miller High Life beers at a bar had taken a Xanax for anxiety.

Metejka allegedly apologized for hitting the other driver and offered to pay for damages. During field sobriety tests, police said she showed signs of impairment.

After Matejka was brought to the police station, she was again asked to take a breathalyzer test, but police said that she would only spit into the device or pretend to blow into it.

She told an officer and detention aid she wasn’t good at blowing because wasn’t that kind of woman, reports said.

After six more attempts, the officer informed her she was being marked down as refusing to take a breathalyzer test, according to police.