A woman who drove her car into her neighbor's house was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) yesterday.
Gail Ann Kay, 54, was driving her 2008 Jeep SUV when she crashed through a house wall at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. She left a 4-foot square hole in the house at 134 Aranda Street N.E. Fortunately, no one was injured.
Kay tried to drive away, but a witness saw her car and called the police (who pulled her over a short time later). To no one's surprise, the front of her car appeared damaged (I'm guessing with a nice paint transfer off of the house that she drove into).
Kay refused a Breathalyzer test as well as standard "field-sobriety tests." However, the St. Pete Police Department indicated in their report that she had "slurred speech, a blank expression, and bloodshot and watery eyes" (I feel like I've read that before.... oh yeah, that's what every DUI police report says).
Kay is facing charges of Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Property Damage and Driving Under the Influence.
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This is only like a mile from my home.
...hit enter by accident.
Most importantly I wanted to say that this woman should never be allowed to drive again and she get jail time for a long time. If I had control of the justice system, it would be so. Zero tolerance for DUI. One conviction and your license is gone for life. Adults need to start acting like adults and all social activity needs to stop being based on the consumption of intoxicants, it's almost 2010 after all.
This is justice for us parents that have endured the wrath of Dr.Kay and the mistakes that she has made to our children some have been lost due to her mistakes and some like my daughter will be disabled physically for the rest of their lives.She is not only been in trouble for this there are other things she has been in trouble for and she has many malpractice suits filed against her and this incident just helped ours even more. I would like to see her locked up and her license taken away not only her drivers license but her physcians license taken from her as well. I will make sure I see her in court to watch when she is locked up.