Woman ‘drove on car rim with cocktail in cup-holder’

It was apparently the noise of the metal wheel grinding along the road that first alerted police to a potential incident

Police could hear Amy Ann Dillon's car grinding along the road with a tyre missing 'from a block away' (Tulsa Police Department)

A woman has been arrested in Oklahoma after being caught drunk at the wheel of her car with a cocktail in the cup-holder and a front tyre missing.

The damaged vehicle could be heard “from a block away”, according to police.

It was apparently the noise of the metal wheel grinding along the road that first alerted police to a potential incident.

According to officers from Tulsa Police Department, they were able to hear 28-year-old Amy Ann Dillon’s approach from the cacophony, which grew in volume until she drove the damaged vehicle past them. They pulled her over and asked her how much she’d had to drink.

She admitted she’d had “two tequila shots”, though officers said she told them this while “she could barely stand upright”.

They also found a full margarita in her car’s cup-holder.

The police breathalysed her and took a reading for blood alcohol concentration of 0.21 per cent. A BAC reading of 0.08 per cent or higher is illegal in the US.

“She did not do well on her SFST (standardised field sobriety test),” the arresting officer wrote on Facebook.

Police said they believe she had “wrecked her car on something” prior to the arrest and “assume she was driving on [the metal rim] for some time,” because somebody had called the police in relation to the vehicle 15 minutes before the arrest but they’d been unable to locate it.

Police believe the 28-year-old had already 'wrecked her car on something' before they arrested her and found her drunk and in possession of a tequila-based cocktail (Tulsa Police Department)

Police believe the 28-year-old had already ‘wrecked her car on something’ before they arrested her and found her drunk and in possession of a tequila-based cocktail (Tulsa Police Department).

She was taken to David L Moss Criminal Justice Centre in Tulsa, where she smiled for her mugshot.

She faces charges for DUI (driving under the influence), operating a motorised vehicle with defective tyres, transport of an open container, and driving without a license in her possession.

“She also could be facing hit and run charges if it [is] discovered what she hit,” police said.

According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an estimated 10,874 people were killed in drunk driving crashes in 2017.