File photo by K. Michelle Moran

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Michigan law defines a high blood alcohol level as 0.17% or greater, which is just over twice the legal limit. One Grosse Pointe City driver is said to have far exceeded that, having a blood alcohol level of 0.41% — more than five times the legal limit.

Police said the driver, a 32-year-old Grosse Pointe City woman, struck an 18-year-old man on a moped in the area of Waterloo Street and Washington Road Sept. 17 before fleeing the scene. Police said they located the driver at a nearby business as she tried to remove paint from the moped off her vehicle. A police report said she was facing charges for being “super drunk.”

“That’s the highest (blood alcohol concentration) I’ve ever seen in 25 years,” Detective Sgt. Joseph Adams said.

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