Woman Charged With DUI After Running Main Street Red Light: Cops

PHOENIXVILLE, PA — A woman smoked weed and drank before getting behind the wheel and running a red light on Main Street in Phoenixville, police said.

The incident occurred on Jan. 8 at around 11:42 a.m., according to authorities.

The suspect, a 35-year-old woman from Linfield, was swerving her GMC pick-up truck in and out of the lanes on Route 23 and into downtown, police said.

The driver stopped briefly at a red light on Main Street before speeding through it, authorities said.

That's when police pulled her over. After failing sobriety tests, the woman added that she had been smoking weed while drinking before she got behind the wheel, police said.

In her truck, police found a stash of assorted pills along with an unlabeled prescription bottle.

Charges are pending.

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