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Wisconsin Woman Calls 911 To Report Her Own Drunk Driving

 Matt McKinney    Created:  11/2/2009 6:08:28 PM  Updated: 11/2/2009 6:15:25 PM
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Clarke County, WI -- 911 operators in Clarke County, Wisconsin received an unusual call over the weekend. Dispatchers say that Mary Strey called in to report that she was driving drunk.

Here is the transcript of part of the conversation with dispatchers.

Dispatcher: Clark County 911.

Mary M. Strey: Somebody's really drunk, driving down Granton Road.

Dispatcher: OK, where at, on Granton Road?

Mary M. Strey: Ah, there's only like six miles drive through Granton and Neillsville.

Dispatcher: Which way are they going?

Mary M. Strey: They are going, um.

Dispatcher: Toward Granton or going toward Neillsville?

Mary M. Strey: Towards Granton.

Dispatcher: OK, are you behind them, or?

Mary M. Strey: No, I am them.

Dispatcher: You am them?

Mary M. Strey: Yes, I am them?

Dispatcher: OK, so you want to call in and report that you're driving drunk?

Mary M. Strey: Yes.

The dispatcher told Strey to pull over and wait for police. She failed the sobriety test and officers arrested her on charges of driving while intoxicated.

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