Midland Woman Sentenced For Drunk Driving Accident
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: August 10, 2010
A Midland woman was sentenced to 5 years in prison for a drunk driving collision that badly injured three people in 2008.
Suzanne Mitchell was sentenced on Tuesday. She was previously found guilty of felony DWI and three counts of intoxication assault.
Mitchell caused a head-on collision on FM 1988 on June 26, 2008 when she swerved across the double yellow line into opposing traffic, hitting a Toyota truck
All three people in the truck survived, but one of them had to be air lifted to Lubbock for life-threatening injuries.
Mitchell had a blood alcohol content of .14, which is more than twice the legal limit.She was already on felony probation for a DWI in Martin County at the time of the crash.
Suzanne Mitchell was sentenced on Tuesday. She was previously found guilty of felony DWI and three counts of intoxication assault.
Mitchell caused a head-on collision on FM 1988 on June 26, 2008 when she swerved across the double yellow line into opposing traffic, hitting a Toyota truck
All three people in the truck survived, but one of them had to be air lifted to Lubbock for life-threatening injuries.
Mitchell had a blood alcohol content of .14, which is more than twice the legal limit.She was already on felony probation for a DWI in Martin County at the time of the crash.
