Where you coming from? Do you
>> On the 18th of September, 2024 in Wall
Township, New Jersey, what appeared to
be a simple parking lot collision
quickly revealed unusual signs when a
vehicle drove straight into a parked car
without any attempt to avoid it. When
police arrived, instead of a panicked
driver after an accident, they
encountered someone who had nearly lost
basic control with the driver in a state
of extreme intoxication.
>> Hey, what's going on? Are you all right?
>> Yeah.
>> What's going on today?
Where's the other car that's low?
>> The blue car right there.
>> Right there.
>> How you feeling right now? Are you
injured?
>> No.
>> No.
Do you have your uh license,
registration, insurance?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
Can you get that out for me?
>> I'll see you.
What's going on today? Did you drink any
alcohol or did you hit your head when
your first name?
>> What's your first name?
>> Emily.
>> Emily.
All right.
Police identified the driver as Emily,
27 years old, who had crashed into a
parked Mustang, leaving the [music]
front of her vehicle clearly damaged.
Upon contact, Emily displayed confused
communication, slow reactions, [music]
and lack of focus, forcing officers to
shift to gathering information from
witnesses.
>> Who witnessed it?
>> Did you witness it?
>> I sort of witnessed it. I was up there
talking to a coworker and I heard the
plunge. When I looked down here, she
started backing up and she she backed
right there into the parking lot. Is she
here to did she purchase a car? Because
I know
>> that's attempt from a different
>> We think we think she came in off the
street and just
>> I got camera. I could check on my phone
to see what happened, but
>> Okay.
>> She like fell asleep and just kind of
like ran right in.
>> Where's your license
breaking enough? I have
>> She didn't hit a hard. She was like
slightly loose and I was like, "Where's
your keys?"
>> No, she stole she stole it.
>> We can tell she hit something.
Is that your license right there?
>> The Florida license.
>> Yeah, just take it out. You want me to
take it out for you?
I'll take it out.
Emily, right?
Did you drink anything tonight or take
anything?
>> No.
>> For today?
Nothing.
Did you take anything?
>> No. Where are you coming from?
>> Madawan?
>> Okay. What were you doing to Madawan?
>> What were you doing in Madan?
My apartment.
>> Your apartment. Where are you headed to
right now?
>> To my
>> Where do you work?
>> What's your first name? Emily.
>> Emily. Yeah.
>> Emily, are do you take any medication at
all?
>> Yeah.
>> For what?
>> I say
Witnesses at the scene reported hearing
the [music] impact, then seeing the
vehicle reverse after the collision and
noted that the driver appeared out of
control before the crash. However, Emily
denied using alcohol or any substances,
stating that she was traveling from her
apartment in Madawan to her workplace.
>> What was that?
>> What's going on? She's saying she's not
injured. Are you diabet diabetic at all?
>> No.
>> You're not diabetic? Okay. All right.
>> All right. Did you take anything as far
as like drugs or anything or alcohol?
Have you consumed any alcohol today?
>> No.
>> No.
>> So, no drugs or alcohol today?
>> No.
>> Nothing.
>> Is there a license?
>> Yeah. So I would call it in just cross
check New Jersey all around 70
and then I would triple bush. She struck
the park.
>> Obviously she looks like she
think she's blind. I think she just said
she's blind. Did she say she's blind?
>> Yeah.
Oh, she's
>> Do you have any pain anywhere?
>> No.
She said she was at uh Was she at lunch?
>> She was at home in 91.
>> You were going back to work.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Where do you work, Emily?
Where
>> LT
LT insurance?
>> I don't know.
>> Okay.
>> She doesn't have any injuries or
anything like that. So
>> yeah.
>> Oh, we're good. Okay, cool. Never mind.
>> You're not injured, right?
>> You're not injured. Well, you hit the
You remember you hit a park car, so
>> All right, Emily, think you step out and
we can just run you through some tests,
see if you're okay.
Yeah,
you good.
Let's go. Do you have any uh injuries on
your neck right there?
>> 185 negative at this time. History of
injury.
>> Okay.
>> Why don't you just step right over here?
All right.
>> Actually, let's just stay right right.
We'll we'll take it. She can't even see.
>> Yeah.
>> Where you coming from, man?
Where are you coming from? Do you
just
>> lean up against the car? All right.
>> What's your name again?
>> Emily.
>> Emily. Okay.
All right, Emily. We got to take you to
the hospital. You can't even stand up on
your own.
>> Why don't you take a seat back in the
car? All right.
Forgot the keys.
>> Yeah.
We'll
do
she can't stand.
>> Emily quickly showed that she was unable
to stand on her own, needing to [music]
lean on a vehicle to maintain balance.
Recognizing that she could not remain
standing, officers had to place her on a
medical stretcher to stabilize [music]
her before continuing.
>> I'll get the registration insurance.
>> Perfect. Thank you.
>> I get their insurance.
>> Perfect. Thank you.
>> You have a cell phone and a wallet that
you want to get through.
>> Uh he's going to get the insurance for
the other vehicle and her insurance.
>> Hi, friend.
>> And then right now, I just have my
license. I have that vehicle in the cab.
Can you just take a seat right here?
>> Scooch on back.
Perfect. Gra, put some seat belts on
you. Okay.
>> Has anything else?
>> I'm just going to do HN on you guys real
quick.
Ma'am, do you have any problems with
your eyes?
>> Yeah.
>> What's the matter with your eyes?
>> What was that?
>> I'm sorry.
>> I'm blind.
>> In what eye?
>> Which eye are you blind in?
>> My right eye.
>> Your right eye.
>> Okay.
Just going to ask you to do something
for me. Okay. I just want you to keep
your head still. Look up towards me. I
want you to keep your eyes focused on
the tip of this pen. Can you see the tip
of this pen here?
>> I want you to keep your eyes focused on
it as it moves back and forth. I want
you to keep your head still. Do you
understand that?
Do you understand that? Okay. Continue
focusing on the tip of this pen with
your eyes as it moves back and forth,
keeping your eyes focused at all times
on the tip. Okay.
Can you Can you keep your eyes focused
on the tip? You're not looking at it.
>> My blind eyes.
>> You have a what?
>> My blind eyes.
>> Okay.
Can you keep your head still?
>> They're not tracking the same. So
>> they're not tracking, but she's moving
her head with the pen.
>> What was that?
>> She was moving her head when you moved
the pen in a specific direction. What
level of education do you have, ma'am?
I have a bachelor's degree.
>> Bachelor's degree.
>> Can you do me a favor and recite the
English alphabet from A to Z, but don't
sing it?
Ma'am,
>> during testing, she repeatedly failed to
keep her head [music] still and could
not follow instructions, claiming at one
point that she was blind [music] in one
eye. When switched to simpler tasks, she
was unable to recite the alphabet or
provide clear [music] responses,
indicating severe cognitive impairment.
Officers then decided [music] to
transport her to the hospital for
further evaluation.
>> Okay.
>> Okay. Thank you so much.
>> We'll see you or we see one of you guys.
>> Sounds good.
>> Yeah.
>> I'm actually going to have Jack go with
you guys.
>> All right.
She's
>> Yeah. Um,
>> officers confirmed a strong odor of
alcohol on Emily, combined with her
inability to stand and communicate
clearly, leading to her being
transported directly to the hospital for
blood testing. The results later showed
a blood alcohol concentration of 0.402%.
An extremely dangerous level far
exceeding the legal [music] limit. In
the end, Emily was charged with driving
under the influence, DUI, careless
driving, [music] and reckless driving.
Court records indicate that the case
remains open and is still pending
resolution. What seemed like a routine
stop quickly spiraled out of control
within minutes. And if you think that
was the limit, the next case shows just
how fast things [music] can escalate
when the driver is no longer fully
aware.