Sarasota, FL (November 30, 2018) – On Wednesday, November 28, Manatee County Deputies arrested a 40-year-old woman after she crashed her vehicle through the fence that surrounds a Florida airport. She drove her car into an airplane that was parked on the tarmac of the airport before evading police and crashing her way back out of the airport through a second fence. The incident took place at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.
The woman has been identified as Mary Dostal. She was seen driving erratically all around the airport tarmac for about a minute and a half prior to fleeing. Authorities located Dostal about five miles from the airport where she was apprehended and taken into custody. Deputies said that when was finally in their custody that she smelled heavily of alcohol. The also discovered an open box of wine on the front passenger floorboard of her vehicle.
Dostal tried to tell police that the wine had been from the day before. She also stated that she thought she was in the state of Ohio. The small engine airplane, which is used to teach students how to fly, sustained between $10k to $15k dollars in damages due to the accident. When Dostal gave a breath sample, she had a BAC of 0.140.
Mary Dostal was charged with felony DUI.
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