Police: Extremely drunken driver arrested after hit-and-run crash in Monrovia

MONROVIA — A Pasadena woman is accused of having a blood-alcohol level more than three times above the legal limit when she fled the scene of a crash Wednesday, but left a trail for police to follow with her damaged car, officials said.
Police arrested Jennifer Jean Anspach, 36, on suspicion of drunken driving and hit-and-run shortly after the 7:23 p.m. crash on Foothill Boulevard at Violet Avenue, according to Monrovia police officials and Los Angeles County booking records.
She was making a left turn from westbound Foothill Boulevard to southbound Violet Avenue in a Nissan Versa when she collided with a Volkswagen Beetle that was eastbound on Foothill Boulevard, Monrovia police Sgt. Dan Verna said.
The crash caused the Volkswagen to spin out of control, ultimately striking a Hyundai Elantra, Verna said. No injuries were reported.
Anspach continued driving south on Violet Avenue following the crash, but left behind one of her tired, he said.
Her bare rim etched a line into the street officers were able to follow until they caught up with the damaged car at Colorado Boulevard, Verna said.
Officers stopped the woman and administered a field sobriety test, he said. Her initial blood-alcohol level was measured at .27 percent, more than three times higher than the legal limit of .08 percent.
According to county booking records, Anspach was being held in lieu of $25,000 bail pending her initial court appearance.

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