Woman Almost Hits Orangetown Officers While Driving Drunk, Police Say

ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- A Lyndhurst, N.J. woman almost hit several Orangetown officers before she was stopped on Friday, Nov. 4, for driving while intoxicated on Main Street in Nyack.

A New Jersey woman was arrested for DWI after almost hitting Orangetown police officers on Main Street in Nyack.
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K Reakes

11/07/2016 3:08 p.m.

Orangetown officers spotted Sigrid Torres, 33, while on foot patrol around 2:30 a.m. on Main Street when she came barreling down the road at a high rate of speed, almost striking the officers, police said.

Officers managed to stop her on Main Street and noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from her breath and bloodshot eyes during their investigation, police said.

Torres was arrested and taken to the police department where she failed a blood alcohol content test. She was charged with driving while intoxicated and released.

She is due to appear on Nov. 29 in Nyack Justice Court.

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