A Kentucky mayor was arrested for driving under the influence after falling asleep in a White Castle drive-through line and colliding with a utility pole Tuesday night, specialists said.
Louisville Metro Police officers found Shively Mayor Beverly Chester-Burton standing outside her silver Cadillac in the wake of crushing into a pole as she was trying to leave the parking garage around 11 p.m., the Louisville Courier-Journal revealed.
Witnesses said Chester-Burton fell asleep behind the wheel at the fast-food drive-thru line, and even had to knock on her window to wake her up, according to a police report obtained by the outlet.
Cops reported Chester-Burton reeked of alcohol and failed a sobriety test when she couldn’t walk in a straight line.
Chester-Burton, who was elected Shively’s first Black mayor in 2018, told police she had dinner and two apple martinis at 5 p.m., but then changed her story saying she had the drinks at 9 p.m., the police report states.
The mayor was booked into Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and released Wednesday. She’s set to be arraigned on Friday.
