Originally published Friday, December 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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When they got the woman accused of drunken driving to the hospital, her blood-alcohol level was 0. 55 percent — about seven times...
OREGON CITY, Ore. — When they got the woman accused of drunken driving to the hospital, her blood-alcohol level was 0.55 percent — about seven times greater than Oregon's legal limit for driving.
"You just don't see numbers that high," said Dr. Mohamud Daya, an Oregon Health & Science University associate professor and emergency-room physician. At that level, some people are so drunk they stop breathing, he said.
Meagan Harper has drunken-driving convictions in Washington and Multnomah counties.
She appeared in court Wednesday.
Judge Patrick Gilroy set her bail at $50,000 and told her to get help, "or you'll end up dead or taking someone with you."
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