When Hamburg Town Police arrested a motorist last year, they measured her blood alcohol content at .33 percent, more than four times higher than the state’s legal limit.
But a town judge recently dismissed the aggravated driving while intoxicated charge, after hearing medical evidence that the woman suffers from a rare intestinal disorder called “Auto-Brewery Syndrome” that sometimes turns ordinary food and beverages into alcohol in a person’s body.
The Erie County District Attorney’s office says it will appeal the judge’s ruling and seek to have the charges against the driver reinstated.
The case involving a 35-year-old school teacher is believed to be among the first of its kind in Western New York, if not the entire state. Cont.
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