WELD COUNTY — A 44-year-old Firestone woman says she suffered a seizure and blacked out while she was trying to turn her car around before reaching a washed-out Weld County Road 1 bridge over the St. Vrain River on Monday night.
Paige Starbeck said in a Tuesday afternoon telephone interview from Longmont United Hospital that she had the seizure when trying to make a U-turn after spotting a road-closed sign on the northbound approach to the bridge.
Court records show that Starbeck was found guilty in Weld County on Aug. 16 of driving under the influence last January and that she was sentenced to 24 months on probation.
On Tuesday night, Starbeck said she does not currently have a driver’s license. She said she hadn’t been drinking before the accident, but that she had to get to Longmont United Hospital on Monday night for a random breathalyzer test and to deliver a urine sample, or else she’d have violated the terms of her probation.
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