SC police
officer on leave after DUI crash in patrol car, cops say
NORTH
CHARLESTON, SC - A North Charleston police officer is facing charges of driving
under the influence, after the Highway Patrol says she wrecked an NCPD cruiser.
According
to Sgt. Bob Beres, 29-year-old Christina Mask lost control of the vehicle on
McMakin Road in Jedburg around 1:00 a.m. Monday, ran off the roadway and struck
a driveway culvert.
Mask
was off-duty at the time of the wreck, and was not injured. She is being held
at the Dorchester County Detention Center in Summerville.
Court
papers say her blood alcohol level was 0.17 which is over twice the legal
limit.
North
Charleston Police officials say Mask has been put on leave without pay pending
an investigation.
She
was released from the Dorchester County Detention Center Monday morning on a
$2,265 PR bond. She will appear in court again in Dorcherter County the
afternoon of May