Frances Carol Stubbs has admitted driving with excess blood alcohol causing death.
The 20-year-old appeared in the Blenheim District Court this morning, and admitted the charge, laid after a car crash that killed Penelope [Penney] Phillips.
Stubbs fled a police checkpoint and collided with Mrs Phillips, 51, on the roundabout between Nelson St and Hutcheson St in Blenheim about 9.45pm on March 19.
She was later found to have 120 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg. The charge carries a maximum of five years' imprisonment or a fine of up to $20,000.
Stubbs was remanded at large for sentencing on August 17.
The Marlborough Express
Last updated 12:00 05/07/2010
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