Taylor Morgan Shope, 21, of Highland Park Drive, was arrested Wednesday morning after she crashed her car into a ditch on Redstone Drive, Athens-Clarke County police said. Her blood-alcohol concentration was three times the legal limit, at .252 percent, according to police.
Shope reportedly told police she consumed just three beers in celebration of being accepted into EMS school. A police report noted an open beer can was in a car cup holder.
Shope was charged with DUI, possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle and driving under a suspended license.