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Police: Southington mom drove drunk with kids in the car before crash

SOUTHINGTON — A Southington woman stands accused of driving drunk with kids in her car. On Wednesday just after 3:15 p.m. police arrested Bethany Duguay, ...
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SOUTHINGTON — A Southington woman stands accused of driving drunk with kids in her car.

On Wednesday just after 3:15 p.m. police arrested Bethany Duguay, 37, of Southington, for DUI, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and failure to maintain proper lanes.

Police said they were called to Curtiss Street at Riverside Court to investigate a crash. Police said Duguay was driving on Curtiss Street, when she failed to negotiate a curve, entered the other lane, and hit an oncoming car. Police said she seemed drunk and failed a sobriety test. She was arrested without incident, according to police.

Police said she had a 3-year-old and 5-year-old in the car with her. The children were not injured and were taken home from the scene by a friend. A DCF referral was made by police.

She was released after posting $3,000 bail and is scheduled to appear at in the Bristol Court on Monday.

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