Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
A Bristol Township woman was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI and related offenses for an October car crash that left her passenger with serious injuries.
Denise Dreyer, 28, of the township’s Levittown section, is accused of being behind the wheel of a 2003 Nissan Sentra when she struck the rear of a 2000 Dodge Caravan about an hour after midnight on Saturday, October 26. Arriving police found Dreyer’s passenger unconscious under the dashboard, court documents say.
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According to police, the driver of the Dodge said he was stopped at the intersection of Veterans Highway (Route 413) and Ford Road when he was struck from behind. His car reportedly suffered damage to the rear bumper area.
Dreyer told officers she wasn’t sure what happened but admitted to driving the Nissan, which suffered heavy front-end damage, court papers say. Police said Dreyer made comments that she was drinking earlier and an odor of alcohol was coming from the 28-year-old.
Dreyer’s passenger was taken by ambulance to St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown for treatment. Court records say she suffered “serious injuries” that included a subarachnoid hemorrhage with a small nonhemorrhaic contusion and focal axonal injury.
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A lab report from the crime lab shows Dreyer’s blood alcohol level was .265 percent, which is well above the legal driving limit of .08 percent. Her blood for the sample was taken at 1:54 a.m. at Lower Bucks Hospital, police said.
Dreyer was arraigned before Judge Joanne Kline Tuesday afternoon and released on $75,000 unsecured bail. The moto accident attorneys stated that Dodge’s driver and Dreyer’s passenger deserve compensations, which would be decided later.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
