WINONA, Minn. – A Winona woman was arrested as a drunken driver after missing a corner on the West Side, ending up against a street sign on the sidewalk. Brandi Lynn Behrens, age 48, was uninjured, police said. The accident was about 1:25 a.m. at Fifth and Olmstead streets. An officer on patrol two blocks away said he had seen a car speeding past him at 50 to 60 mph and then heard a crash. He found Behrens at the scene. She told the officer that she had been at MN’s bar on Fifth, formerly Fast Eddy’s. The officer described her speech as poor and so too her balance. Her eyes were watery and bloodshot and she smelled of too much alcohol, the officer said. Her blood-alcohol level tested a 0.16% — double what’s allowable for driving. She was alone in the car.
