Police find student passed out with car running

[January 20, 2009]  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Athens police said an officer found a drunken 20-year-old University of Georgia student who tried to drive home after a party passed out at a stop sign with the car still running.

The officer found the woman about 2 a.m. Sunday asleep with the car still in drive. The officer put the car in park and turned off the engine.

When the woman awoke a few minutes later, she told police she'd been drinking at a house party earlier that night. The woman, who was not identified, was charged with a DUI and underage drinking.

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Information from: Athens Banner-Herald, http://www.onlineathens.com/

[Associated Press]

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