Bride Gets Pulled Over For DUI On Wedding Day

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A 31-year-old bride-to-be heading home from her bachelorette party was arrested for drunk driving hours before she was to get married.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Christina Martin says the woman was driving over 90 mph Saturday morning and weaving in and out of traffic on Interstate 405 in Bellevue when she was stopped.

Martin says a trooper arrested the woman, processed her and let her take a cab home in time to make it to her early afternoon wedding in Burien.

Martin says the bride's alcohol level was nearly twice the legal state limit. The woman will face charges in King County District Court.

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BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) – A 31-year-old bride heading home from her bachelorette party was arrested for drunk driving hours before she was to get married.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Christina Martin says the woman was driving over 90 mph Saturday morning and weaving in and out of traffic on Interstate 405 in Bellevue when she was stopped.

Martin says a trooper arrested the woman, processed her and let her take a cab home in time to make it to her early afternoon wedding in Burien.

Martin says the bride's alcohol level was nearly twice the legal state limit. The woman will face charges in King County District Court.

Comments

[PlayTOE]

10:01 PM on 08/23/2010

Overdoing the bachelorette party bit is going to put a crimp in the honeymoon.

[wishfulslinking]

04:32 PM on 08/23/2010

Tabloid hack sensationalism. Enough already.

[theredqueen]

04:28 PM on 08/23/2010

That's her second DUI in so many months. Glad she didn't kill any one.

[blacksmithn]

04:17 PM on 08/23/2010

Well, that certainly bodes well for the marriage.

[James Brown]

01:23 PM on 08/23/2010

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[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

01:17 PM on 08/23/2010

At least she didn't kill anyone. On the Bay Bridge in MD a couple of years ago an underage drinker left her mother's wedding party very late at night. She was crossing the bridge when she fell asleep (passed out) causing her car to drift into oncoming traffic. A truck driver coming the other way swerved to avoid running her over, only to lose control and crash through the barrier and off the bridge. He drowned in his rig.

[Connie Markley Boppre]

11:42 AM on 08/23/2010

not a smart bride....

[Pauline Walters]

11:37 AM on 08/23/2010

Couldn't anyone take her home? Some bridesmaid she had but then again she might of been drunk too, so who knows.