The woman accused of killing a Fort Worth police officer while driving drunk admitted she had nearly a dozen shots before the deadly crash, according to newly released documents.
Fort Worth Police Sgt. Billy Randolph was working a crash on I-35W Monday morning. He was standing on the off-ramp when police say 25-year-old De Aujalae Evans was driving the wrong way and hit the officer, throwing him into the air.Randolph was rushed to the hospital in a squad car but later died.Police say Evans continued driving for a quarter of a mile before she ditched her car and ran away.Witnesses saw Evans jumping over a wall to get a nearby Motel 6, according to the arrest warrant.
She later admitted to having 10 shots before the crash.After failing all of her sobriety tests, Evans was arrested for driving while intoxicated.Evans remains in the Dallas County Jail on a $750,000 bond. There are several bond conditions if she can post the money.Evans would be placed on house arrest, would have to wear an ankle monitor that checks her alcohol consumption and would have to install an interlock breathalyzer on her car.
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