Drunk woman hit tree. Drove with it stuck to car

[Liberal_in_LA]

The Illinois woman, 54, is facing a drunk driving charge after allegedly plowing her car into a tree and then continuing to drive with the 15-foot accessory embedded in the vehicle's grille.

Christy was nabbed in late-January after a Roselle Police Department officer spotted her driving with the tree as a hood ornament. Investigators estimated that Christy drove several miles before getting pulled over.

Christy, who was navigating with the 2004 Lincoln’s air bags deployed, told the cop that she recalled hitting a tree, but could not remember where the 11 PM collision occurred. Christy, who was arrested a few miles from her home in Schaumburg, works as a marketing consultant, according to her LinkedIn profile.

After Christy failed a series of field sobriety tests, she was arrested for drunk driving. She is next due in court in April on the misdemeanor charge.

As seen below, police responding to the arrest scene made sure to photograph Christy’s vehicle.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/drunk/tree-in-car-drunk-driver-283945

[deathrind]

1. That is pretty

Impressive. Lincoln could have had one hell of an ad campaign for how well their cars are built had this not been a drunk driving incident.

[LeftyMom]

4. Things are tanks, but they quit making them a few years back.

Big luxury sedans fell out of favor with their old target demographics and didn't really sell outside of fleet sales, and the margin on those was basically non-existent. So they changed the plant that made the Lincoln Town Car/ Ford Crown Vic/ Mercury Grand Marquis to making trucks and SUVs, which are more profitable.

Bombproof engines too. 400,000 miles easily with minimal upkeep. Horrific gasshogs, but unkillable. The car would finally fall apart around them.

[BeyondGeography]

2. How many points off the sobriety test when there's a tree sticking out of your hood

Gotta be an automatic deduction right there.

[Rex]

3. Tree 0 Car 1

Your play tree.

[pokerfan]

5. Whiskey bottles and brand new cars....

Oak tree you're in my way....

[pacalo]

6. Must see to believe!

[bemildred]

7. Heckofacar there. nt