NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — A Niagara Falls woman is facing charges after the car she was driving struck a New York State Police vehicle.
Claudia E. Charette, 54, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated, and a number of vehicle and traffic infractions.
Charette's northbound 2007 Buick struck a state police Charger, which was turning onto Porter Road.
State police said while they interviewed Charette, the detected "an odor of alcoholic beverage." She declined multiple times to take standardized field sobriety tests at the scene.
Charette was attested and recorded a 0.22% blood alcohol content after a breath test, police said.
No one was injured in the crash.
The Niagara Falls Police Department and Niagara County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the investigation.