Driver in crash that killed SMU student had high BAC, expert says

A toxicology expert testified at Lynlee Pollis’ trial that testing hours after a September 2023 crash showed she had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.294%, nearly four times the Texas legal limit of 0.08%. Prosecutors allege Pollis was drunk, speeding and ran a red light when her Lexus SUV struck Honor Wallace’s Volkswagen Jetta on a Central Expressway feeder road at Monticello Avenue. Pollis’ defense agrees she exceeded the speed limit and ran the red light but denies she was drunk, disputing whether the blood evidence was tainted and questioning how it was collected and stored. Intoxication manslaughter carries up to 20 years; intoxication assault up to 10. The trial continues into early next week.