A Bryan woman is behind bars after driving drunk through the Big 6 construction zone and then dragging a construction worker some 70 feet after he tried to stop her.
College Station Police were called to the 2400 block of State Highway 6 southbound, near Southwest Parkway, around 10:45pm Tuesday night.
Reports say 64-year-old Mary Lois McGhee is accused of speeding while driving the wrong way through the construction zone with workers present.
Workers estimate McGhee was traveling at about 60mph before they were able to flag her down. A foreman then reached into her vehicle in an attempt to take the keys from the ignition.
That’s when McGhee threw her car into reverse, with the man still partially inside the vehicle, dragging him approximately 70 feet until her vehicle was blocked in by an off-duty officer working security and other workers in a street sweeper.
CSPD performed a field sobriety test, which she failed. McGhee admitted to having only one “wine cooler” that evening.
She consented to a blood alcohol analysis. The sample was taken at a local hospital and then McGhee was booked into the Brazos County Jail for Driving While Intoxicated (Third or More Offense) and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. She is being held on $70,000 bond.
This is McGhee’s 16th booking into the Brazos County Jail. Her previous arrests include Driving While Intoxicated, Evading Arrest, Criminal Trespass, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Prostitution.
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