A West Seattle woman had a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit when she drove her pickup into five pedestrians Thursday night outside Seattle’s Showbox SoDo, police said.
Juanita Wright, 43, also known as Juanita Carpenter and Juanita Mars, was arrested after police say she struck a group of people in the 1700 block of First Avenue South before 11 p.m. The victims had just left the nightclub.
Four of the victims were hospitalized after the crash. On Monday, two remained in serious condition in the intensive-care unit at Harborview Medical Center, and a third was listed in satisfactory condition, said Susan Gregg-Hanson, Harborview spokeswoman.
One of the injured pedestrians has been released from the hospital, Gregg-Hanson said.
Wright told police that the pedestrians crossed in front of her pickup, and she agreed to take a field sobriety test, police booking paperwork said. Wright’s blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.30 percent, police said, well above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
Wright consulted with a lawyer and was briefly hospitalized, police said. According to the police booking report, Wright is an unemployed teacher.
Wright is being held in King County Jail for investigation of vehicular assault in lieu of $250,000 bail.
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