Crazy Drunk Woman Causes an Inferno After Crashing Into a Tree

Around 8:24 PM on November 2, 2022, Officer Keith Brooks with the Bergenfield Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a white 2018 Hyundai Sonata at the corner of W Central Avenue and Dick Street. He arrived on scene and noticed that the vehicle had struck a tree and burst into flames. Officer Brooks then made contact with the driver of the vehicle nearby, and she was eventually identified as Dayanara Gallardo-Lopez.

As he was speaking with her, Officer Brooks detected the odor of alcohol and observed other indicators of impairment. Dayanara would later admit to consuming beer at a bar in Teaneck earlier that evening. Based on the officers’ suspicion of impairment, Dayanara was asked to perform field sobriety exercises after additional officers arrived on scene to assist. Officer Firman Masri administered the field sobriety exercises, and her poor performance on the field sobriety exercises confirmed the officers’ suspicion of impairment.

Based on the motor vehicle crash, her indicators of impairment, the odor of alcohol, her admission to consuming alcohol earlier that evening, and her inability to satisfactorily complete the field sobriety exercises, Dayanara was placed under arrest for DWI. Her vehicle was impounded for a 12-hour hold according to John’s Law. Officer Brooks then transported Dayanara to the Bergenfield Police Department for further processing.

At the station, the Standard Statement for Motor Vehicle Operators was read to her, but she refused to submit breath samples and she was charged with a refusal. After they finished processing her, Dayanara was eventually released pending her court appearance.

Officer Brooks issued Dayanara the following citations:

-Operating under the influence (39:4-50)

-Consent to take samples of breath (39:4-50.2)

-Refusal to submit to chemical test (39:3-10.24)

-Reckless driving (39:4-96)

-Careless driving (39:4-97)

-Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license (39:3-40.1)

Dayanara has previously been arrested for driving while intoxicated in Bergenfield, New Jersey on December 9, 2013. Following this incident, Dayanara was later arrested again for driving while intoxicated in New Milford, New Jersey on August 3, 2024.

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