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Woman Arrested for Drunk Driving Claims to Have Swallowed a Half Bottle of Hand Sanitizer

Oct. 16, 2012 8:04pm Liz Klimas

Last week a Connecticut woman was pulled over for dangerous driving and issued a sobriety test. Blowing above the legal limit, she was arrested and charged with drunk driving.

Just what alcoholic concoction did her in? Hand sanitizer.

Connecticut Woman Charged With DUI After Registering a .17 Blood Alcohol Level From Drinking Hand Sanitizer

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Drinking hand sanitizer is on the rise, as TheBlaze has reported before. When police in Middletown pulled over and tested Jennifer Wilcox, 36, she blew a 0.17 blood alcohol level, according to WTNH. It was then that she admitted to freely drinking half a bottle of the sanitizer.

CBS Local reports she was arrested and has been charged with driving under the influence. She was released on $500 bond.

WTNH interviewed Wilcox, who didn’t show her face. Here’s what she said about how much she drank:

“I just saw it there so I drank it,” Wilcox said.

“How much did you drink,” asked News 8′s Bob Wilson.

“Half a bottle,” replied Wilcox.

“Was it a big bottle or small bottle,” asked Wilson.

“Big bottle,” she said.

“Like a gallon,” asked Wilson.

“No, but a big bottle. I don’t know how big it was,” she said.”

Watch the report:

WTNH goes on to report that just 2 ounces of sanitizer holds about the same amount of alcohol as four shots. It notes Dr. Danyal Ibrahim from St. Francis Hospital saying serious illness can result from imbibing alcohol through this substance. WTNH then asked Wilcox if she ever thought she would die from drinking it. She said “probably not” but included that it was the first — and last — time she would drink sanitizer.

(H/T: CBS Local)

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Comments (33)

steelpanther
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:50am
That that stuff was denatured, as in it’s supposed to kill you if you drink it. Either way, over the limit is over the limit, deal with it.

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supermansdad
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 9:11pm
This is why in most states it is illegal for your children to use hand sanitizer at skrewl. The very small Pre-K through 2/3 grades can actually absorb enough to become intoxicated or poisoned.

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Eastinfection
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:44pm
Drunk on Hand Sanitizer: … It isn’t just for four year- olds anymore!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380149/She-stand-says-mother-year-old-drunk-hand-sanitizer.html

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:22pm
Ever since she drank it….her voice has been really raspy. She is now a blues singer and making big money so she can buy real booze.

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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:54pm
Take note pot heads it’s not the product that makes it illegal it’s what idiots do with the product.

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- OniKaze
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 10:40am
  That can be said about EVERY product… Pot is not more dangerous than booze, or prescription meds…
  
  I agree that just legalizing grass would be a bad thing, but I think it could be legalized on a limited basis (with harsh laws on Public Intox and D.W.S.) and it would be no more dangerous than ANY other substance out there…
  
  F.Y.I. ANY substance used without moderation can be bad for you… If you drink too much WATER you will become “drunk” and possibly die….. It is rare (as it requires ALOT of water…) but it can happen… Should we fear water???
  
  Bottom line on EVERYTHING is that a certain level of restraint and self-moderation is required… Grass, Alcohol and any other substance, they are all the same… But unlike many of the “intoxicating substances” out there, Grass is the least detrimental to your long term health…
  
  To look down on grass, while not admitting that it is a person responsibility issue, not a product issue that is the problem, just shows that some people buy into old propaganda without even opening their eyes to see what REALLY happens around them..
  
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- steelpanther
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:49am
  Well, there was that one kid in Cali that convinced his school and some elected goobers that it would be a good idea to ban H2O as a science project.
  
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Dumpster Baby
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:54pm
Alcoholism is a terrible disease.

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- Mopar 1969
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:34pm
  Not a disease, it’s brought on by the person consuming and not knowing when to stop.
  
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:48pm
Definitely a Obama voter.

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:52pm
  Obama must have left a bad taste in her mouth.
  
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- OniKaze
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 10:47am
  B.T.W.
  
  While I disagree with your above comment… THIS comment is GREAT! :-)
  
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:36pm
WARNING LABELS!!!!! We gotta get some warning labels on dangerous products like this before this kind of traged- what? Oh, you say she knew exactly what she was doing and did it anyway?

WARNING LABELS!!!! We gotta get some warning labels on dangerous idiots like her before some drunken fool fertilizes her pod farm. What? Oh, you say she already has how many fatherless spawn?

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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:35pm
Does this mean L’occitane needs liquor license?

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vonMises
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:32pm
Hand sanitizer–the new Sterno!

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- JimmyP
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 2:24am
  Squeeze, Mmmmmmm!
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:29pm
Bartender – another round of Kitty Dukakis Cocktails please!

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- JimmyP
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 2:25am
  Uh, thinking that was windshield wiper fluid.
  Mmmmmmm, wiper fluid…….
  
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HotFixIt
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:27pm
It actually IS poisonous! This is NOT the same as the type of alcohol made for consuming.. it really can kill you. That was the either the worst excuse for driving under the influence I have ever heard or she really is THAT stupid….. hopefully she is one of the Obama cult followers.

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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:16pm
Who hasn’t done this? Really.

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- NDPINDNT
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:25pm
  I supervised inmate fire crews and a couple inmates did this in base camp on a fire. One tested 2.5. He was so drunk and sick from it. They pulled all hand sanitizer around portable toilets on fires after that. You won’t find it in any prisons too.
  
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- fammus1
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:57pm
  NDPINDNT
  I think you mean 0.25 anything over 0.4 is risking death.
  
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meister41
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:13pm
What did she chase it with?

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:21pm
  Ajax
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:34pm
  And a handfull of thumbtacks!
  
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- Wool-Free Vision
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:45pm
  Had to be Kool-Aid.
  
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Oneirishman
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:12pm
She accidentally drank a fifth, ahh, a lot of sanitizer. I often do this after I have gone down to the dock to welcome home our honorable Navy Men.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:09pm
Dang, and I remember as a kid hearing about alkies back in the depression drinking alcohol from a certain brand of liquid shoe polish, but they at least strained it through to to bottom an un-sliced loaf of bread.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:07pm
Well when she craps it won’t stink.

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- meister41
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:18pm
  Yeah and clean the toilet at the same time!!!!!!!!
  
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- GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
  Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:37pm
  This gives a new meaning to “put perfum on a turd”.
  
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- JimmyP
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 2:30am
  No, it will still stink, it will just be germ-free sanitary poo.
  
  Mmmmmmmm germ-free sanitary poo….
  
  Yea, that will be her laaaaassst one.
  I mean what was she to do, take responsibility????
  
  My last vodka bomb was my last one as it was for the previous 28 years…By His grace, I have not had any alcohol in 23 years, 6 days, 6 hrs and 20 minutes but, hey, who’s countin?
  
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- OniKaze
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 10:43am
  @JimmyP
  
  Good on ya… Congrats… Giving up the juice is a difficult thing for people…. Be proud.
  
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