WASHINGTON: The wife of Republican Senator Richard G Lugar was arrested in the suburb of McLean on Wednesday night after crashing into a parked car, and she was charged with drunk driving and hit-and-run, the Fairfax County police said.
Charlene S Lugar, 77, was stopped shortly after 6:30 pm by an officer who noticed smoke coming from her car and damage to the front end of the car, as she drove on Old Dominion Drive, Officer Bud Walker said.The officer pulled her over near Dominion Reserve Drive, “developed probable cause that she was intoxicated” and arrested her.
Walker said the officer investigated the damage to Lugar’s car and determined that she had hit a car in the 7100 Block of the Churchhill Road in McLean, not far from where she was stopped. Lugar was taken to the Fairfax jail, where she was given a breathalyser test and taken into custody.
She was released several hours later, Fairfax sheriff’s Lt Sonny Cachuela said. Senator Lugar’s office released a statement, which said: “No other persons were in her car or the unattended car she hit. Thankfully, no one was injured. We are deeply sorry and embarrassed that this accident has occurred.”
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