URBANA – A Fithian teen who said she had to drive drunk to avoid being sexually assaulted by co-workers was acquitted of driving under the influence Wednesday by a Champaign County jury.
Erin Davis, 19, was charged with driving with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater and driving under the influence, both misdemeanors, following a Sept. 17, 2006, incident in which she struck two parked cars on South Neil Street in Champaign, heavily damaged her own car, then kept driving into Campustown where University of Illinois police spotted her.
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