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Woman arrested for DUI following fender bender crash
Mirla Barahona Escobar
Mirla Barahona Escobar

A woman with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit to drive was arrested after she was involved in a minor car crash on Saturday evening.

The crash was reported at 10:29 p.m. in the 2100 block of Glasgow Drive. Nobody was injured in the crash. Officers arrived and located Mirla Barahona Escobar, 40, of Modesto, who was the driver of a black Toyota Camry. Officers quickly noticed that Escobar was exhibiting signs and symptoms of being under the influence of alcohol.

Officer Angel Murillo conducted a DUI investigation and administered a series of field sobriety tests which indicated that she was intoxicated.

Escobar was arrested and booked into the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center.