WINONA, Minn. – A driver took out a sign going into the exit lane at the Taco Bell on the West End, then kept on going. This caught a sheriff’s deputy’s eye. Also, oddly, the driver’s trunk lid was flopping up and down. The deputy gave chase, although the pursued driver stayed within the speed limit, Too, the driver perhaps wasn’t seeing the deputy’s flashers because trunk lid was blocking the rear view. In any event, a mile later, up U.S. Hghway14 at the entrance to Saint Mary’s University, the driver stopped. Yes, she admitted tthe made wrong-way turn into Taco Bell and also banging into a sign somewhere– but she wasn’t sure where – yes, she said, it may have been at Taco Bell. And yes, she also admitted she had been drinking, the deputy said. Jaiden Caprice Thompson, 19, of the south Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was taken to jail. Her blood-alcohol tested 0.16% — double the legal threshold for impairment.
Thompson. Multiple charges: Drunken driving, under-age consumption, leaving an accident scene.