Crime & Safety

DUI Arrest Follows Accident at St. Clair Woods Apartments

The accused's charges were waived on Tuesday for county court.

Upper St. Clair Township policeΒ are charging a woman with driving under the influence of alcohol following a trafficΒ accident on May 8Β in which police say that she struck a parked vehicle at the St. Clair Woods apartments complex, according to court documents.

Sandra Allison, 51, of Painters Drive in Upper St. Clair, had her charges of DUI and driving without an inspection waived on Tuesday forΒ Allegheny County Court, where sheΒ is scheduled for an Aug. 2 arraignment.

Police report that Allison's vehicleΒ smelled of alcohol and that sheΒ failed field-sobriety tests.

Following her arrest, she was taken to St. Clair Hospital for a blood testβ€”results pendingβ€”and eventually released to the custody of a friend.

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