DUI: Katherine Eller says she drank wine before crashing and blowing double the BAC limit

In the early hours of Sunday morning, police responded to a single-vehicle crash at Shelby Ave & S. 11th Street and located the driver, 40-year-old Katherine Eller, who had struck a tree. Eller told officers she was looking at her cell phone at the time of impact. She stated she had “split a bottle of wine” with a friend three hours prior to driving. She performed poorly on field sobriety tests and was unable to provide proof of insurance. She was transported to jail and initially blew a 0.163% BAC on a breathalyzer.