“Her eyes have been bloodshot, pink and watery, and her speech was slurred.” (Representational)

Los Angeles:

A drunk driver in California smashed into an indication warning that police have been on the hunt for anybody driving underneath the affect — and was promptly arrested.

Clarissa Hernandez had drunk a pint (half a liter) of tequila earlier than she ploughed into the digital signboard in Palm Springs in August, based on police.

Officers manning the DUI checkpoint a couple of steps away rushed over to the mangled Land Rover as Hernandez staggered free.

“Her eyes have been bloodshot, pink and watery, and her speech was slurred. She swayed ahead and again constantly,” a Palm Springs Police Division officer recognized as J. Valdiva wrote in a report.

“She was indignant, argumentative, and hostile,” the officer wrote, including that when questioned Hernandez stated she had polished off her tequila simply 10 minutes earlier than the crash.

Hernandez, 27, who’s from Texas, admitted one misdemeanor rely every of willfully resisting, and driving inebriated when she appeared in courtroom on Wednesday.

She was sentenced to a few years’ probation, Riverside County District Lawyer’s workplace stated.

Police in California often arrange checkpoints in an effort to catch unlicensed, uninsured or impaired drivers.

However — based on state legal guidelines — they must warn motorists of the presence of the checkpoint, which they often do with digital signboards.

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