and smashed into the rear end. As she was sitting at the red light. >> You You got hit by a car. >> Monica, THIS CAR DON'T DO THAT. >> A routine commute turned into absolute destruction. A speeding Dodge Durango collided violently into a vehicle waiting at a red light triggering an impact so severe it launched a pedestrian crossing the street into the roadside gutter. When first responders arrived, witnesses pointed toward a heavily damaged SUV whose driver showed zero awareness of what she had just caused. >> Dude, did you see what happened? >> I live here. I heard it. Okay. I heard a big bang. I ran outside. I was the first one. He was on scene. He was crossing the street. >> Okay. >> She hit the car. He said it was he was going to go across. >> So the other car >> Yeah, my daughter was stopped inside. >> All right. You're fine. I'm >> My daughter called me. She was stopped at the intersection, she said. And then this car just came zooming and smashed into the rear end as she was sitting at the red light. >> He was He >> When officers approached the white Durango, the airbags were fully deployed and the vehicle was completely immobilized. But instead of checking on the victims, the driver immediately went on the defensive insisting she had done nothing wrong and attempting to deflect blame. >> Talk to the boss. >> Hello. Sergeant Goslin, APD. What happened? >> I was I'm literally 2 seconds away from my house. >> Okay. >> Let me Let me talk to my daughter. >> No, you cannot, Mom. I I'm I was literally 2 seconds away from my house. >> Okay. >> And I this mother Hold up. I'm talking. He crossed like the whole [ __ ] It's not just saying like he crossed the whole >> Okay. Where are you coming from tonight? >> I was coming from um Spectators. >> Okay. How much you had to drink? >> Maybe two drinks. >> Okay. Give me your driver's license and your insurance. So I'm going to do a crash report for all this. >> But the the fact that he just came in front of me and then they came and they No, the fact that he pulled up in front of me and told me that um he had a problem. I was leaving Spectators. >> Okay. Oh, so you just came from out of there? >> I just came from Spectators. Um and he literally the problem that I had was that he cut me off and then he wanted to say that I was the problem and then he was >> you off? >> The guy with the beard. The one that the >> Like the dude that was walking across the street? Oh, okay. >> The one that was walking across the I didn't hit [ __ ] >> Oh, okay. And I'm just asking cuz your airbags deployed and stuff. >> That's I'm saying. Well, yeah. And this man came across street yelling at me. >> All right. Do me a favor. Just so I can get all this going and and the paramedics can talk to you. Can you look for your insurance so I can get that documented for my crash report? >> Despite claiming she had never been in an accident, the heavy odor of alcohol and slurred speech told officers everything they needed to know. But before administering field tests, they needed to assess the victims. >> Hello. >> How do you want me to open my door? >> Yeah, I'll just make it easier to talk to you a little bit. >> I think she's really shaken. >> Okay, how old are you? >> I'm 16. >> Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry. >> It's okay. >> Are you okay? >> I'm okay. I'm physically okay. Yeah, I'm physically I'm I'm really really scared right now. Yeah, it was like my whole back went into the car. >> Yeah. >> Don't worry. We'll talk to the police officer. >> Yeah, so deep breath, you're okay. Good baby, good. You're good. Take your time. So, can you tell me what happened? >> Yeah, I was just like I was just waiting for the light to turn green. Like I just pulled up and I get like it's just about to turn green. It's so I started going cuz then I could just turn green and this car is like going full speed like and I just like and they just like totaled like hit me. Like like it was just like that. They totaled just like hit me while I was like wait like barely ready to go for like the green light. >> So, you get green light and you start to go. >> Yeah, well like progressively like you obviously I'm not like I saw the guy in the car. >> Where was the pedestrian? >> There was a pedestrian. I don't I didn't see anybody. I didn't I don't I didn't like feel that I hit anybody while I was pulling over. >> Yeah, that's fine. I I said I was there so I don't know what happened. >> Are you sure? >> Yeah, I promise like they might have been on the sidewalk walking. I know when I was like coming up to the light there was somebody walking on the sidewalk on my right hand side. That's all that was the last person I saw. >> Okay. Well, I'm going to let these guys talk to you. >> Okay. >> So, remember deep breaths, you're okay. >> Thank you. >> So, just hang tight, okay? >> So, you didn't hit the guy in the car? >> No, she said there was no pedestrian so >> She said she remembers someone walking. >> There was somebody on the sidewalk on my right hand side was the last one I saw somebody. >> All right, and you were stopped at a red? >> The impact had been so sudden and violent that she initially had no idea where the other vehicle had even come from or if there was a pedestrian at all. On the sidewalk, a pedestrian nursing leg injuries explained that he was legally crossing the crosswalk when the crash threw him directly into the pavement. >> What happened? >> Well, honestly, officer, I can't say it. I know for sure that this is what I experienced. >> Okay. >> So, I was crossing the crosswalk right over here on that south side of the intersection. >> Okay. >> And then, there was a hugely loud sound, and I started to turn, and then my left leg got caught by something, and I was thrown face down in the dirt. >> Okay. >> So, my assumption is that a car came through the intersection and hit me, you know? >> Okay. >> But, it was I was crossing on the green, you know? I mean, it was where I was crossing when you're supposed to cross. Um you know, and like it shouldn't There shouldn't have been any cars coming through the intersection. >> With two victims giving matching stories, officers returned to the suspect to conduct standardized field sobriety tests. Standardized field sobriety tests rely evaluate cognitive processing and motor control. Officers asked the driver to perform an alphabet test with specific starting and ending letters, a test she immediately failed to follow. >> Irvin. >> What kind of injuries do you have? >> Ask my therapist. >> Okay. Do you have any injuries that would affect your ability to walk, stand, or balance? >> Yes. >> What? >> All of them. >> And what specifically would affect your ability to walk, stand, or balance right now? >> Um the fact that I got pulled over and like >> When did you get pulled over? >> Right now. >> So, you got into a crash. So, you rear-ended a Honda Pilot that's up the road a little ways. So, would you be willing I'm going some field sobriety tests? >> Absolutely. >> Yeah? All right. Once you hop out, we're going to go on the sidewalk while we wait for the ambulance to get here to take you to the hospital. >> How about if I wait for my lawyer? >> Oh, so you don't have to do the test. I can't force you to do any of the tests. It's up to you if you want to do them or not. Do you know your alphabet? >> Yes. >> All right. I want you to recite the alphabet. >> No, I don't need it. >> No, who knows the backwards alphabet? >> Um can you recite it from starting at the letter G as in golf and stopping at the letter Q as in queen? >> A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z. >> Do you know all your numbers from 1 to 100? >> 1 to 100? >> Yeah, do you know them all? Just I'm not going to ask you to count 1 to 100. All right. >> Um >> So, I am going to ask you to count backwards. I want you to start at 73. I want you to count down to 58. >> Could you do that? >> So, you don't want to count backwards for me? >> I could Who the [ __ ] do that? >> Rather than demonstrating sobriety, the driver attempted to negotiate the terms of the test and questioned the agency's authority. With clear signs of impairment and a multi-vehicle crash investigation underway, officers made the decision to place her under arrest. >> Like, really? >> Count backwards? >> Yeah. >> Um if you know all your numbers from 1 to 100, >> Okay, are you Albuquerque or what? >> No, I work for the Albuquerque Police Department. >> Ice or Albuquerque Police Department? >> I work for the Albuquerque Police Department. >> Okay. Okay. So, give me what you're asking me first. >> Okay, so that's not the way the testing process works. >> I've told you all the questions you've asked me. >> So, do you want to get out and do the roadside test or no? >> No. >> No? Okay. >> I'm going to No, here's the thing. >> listen to me. Listen to me. >> I will listen to you. >> You are under arrest for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and or drugs. >> Okay. Here's the thing. I am not telling you I will not I'm not like saying I've I'm not >> So, based on all of my observations since I made contact with you, what I have here on scene in reference to the crash, it is my belief >> What crap What crash? >> The crash that you were involved in that has totaled your vehicle. >> you contact my lawyer, Patrick Martinez? >> Under United States law, an officer who has established probable cause can give a lawful order for a driver to exit a vehicle. The driver, however, believed she had the right to remain inside until her private attorney arrived. >> Patrick knows my name. You can Yeah. And after I get you booked and get you all the paperwork, you can provide that all to Mr. Martinez. >> Yeah. No, he knows >> But right now, you are under arrest. Okay? So, now >> So, here's the thing is that um >> So, we're going to make We're going to make sure that that happens. >> You want to do like a breathalyzer. You want to do all >> of the process, but that doesn't happen here on scene. >> Oh, no. >> So, that's post arrest. So, you do me a favor though. Can you spit your gum out? >> What gum? >> Whatever you're chewing on. >> Why don't you talk to Patrick Martinez? >> So, I've no no reason to talk to Mr. Martinez. >> He's my lawyer. >> That's great. >> Why don't you call Patrick Martinez, my lawyer? >> Not my responsibility. >> It's my responsibility. >> Yep, later. >> No. >> So, since she doesn't want to go in the car. >> No, I'm I just want to call my lawyer. >> Yeah, well, that's fine, but right now you're under arrest. >> Excuse me, man. >> I don't give a who you are. I want my I want my lawyer. >> Ma'am, go ahead and step out of the car for me. Go ahead and step out. Let's not make this harder than it needs to be. Cuz I will pull you out. Why don't you step out of the car? >> Wait for me, man. >> No, why don't you step out of the car? That wasn't actually wrapped around you. So, why don't you step out for me? So, now you're resisting and obstructing. >> That's cool. >> So, why don't you step out of the car for me? >> No, I don't think I will. >> Okay. >> The situation escalated further as the suspect's mother arrived on scene pleading with her daughter to stop resisting and comply before facing additional criminal charges. >> Get out of the car. >> Monica, Monica. Monica. Don't do that, PLEASE. >> BACK OFF. >> JOSH. JOSH, STOP. MONICA, don't resist, please don't resist. Don't resist. >> It's too late. >> Don't resist, please. It's going to It's going to make it worse. Don't do it, okay? Please don't do it. Please. Please stop. Don't resist. Don't resist. Just let them drag you on the ground. >> I'm not resisting. >> Go ahead and pull your knees to your chest. >> Go home. Can I >> Pull your knees to your chest. >> Go the home. No. I'm going to I'm over. Don't do it. You're going to I'm over. Don't do it. Why? Why am I under arrest? >> So, I already told you you're under arrest for GBH. >> What >> the What's your problem? No, my lawyer told me. >> Well, I don't give a [ __ ] what your lawyer told you. Do what your lawyer told you to do. That's fine. I will also take a blood test. We'll deal with all of that when we get down to the substation. Cuz there's some things that I have to read to you. There's a process. Okay, well then get in the car. Do you have a driver's license? You don't get to choose the test. >> I actually do. >> I choose the test. >> No, I get I do. >> So. >> You have a right to take a blood test. I have a right to take a blood test. >> He had your phone. >> That's what my lawyer told me. Shut up. >> Monica, he had your phone. Okay? The police officer has your phone. >> He has my phone. >> He has my phone. >> Yes, I gave it to him so when you something happens you'll be able to call when you get out. >> Okay. >> Yeah, cuz you'll be released in the morning. >> Cuz you're going to be released in the morning. You're going to be released in the morning. >> Assuming you don't make things worse for yourself, okay? >> Don't make things worse for yourself. >> Right now it's non-violent misdemeanors. So you'll be released in the in the morning. >> My mom doesn't know what the [ __ ] she's talking about. >> So thank you. >> Just take my statement. >> Even while being secured in the patrol cruiser, the suspect continued arguing over testing procedures and demanding blood draws on her own terms. She was booked at the local substation and formally charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting or obstructing an officer. Thanks to fortunate timing, neither the 16-year-old driver nor the pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries, bringing an end to a reckless incident that could have easily ended in tragedy.