Authorities in South Dakota say a woman found passed out in a stolen vehicle may have set a state record with a blood alcohol content of .708, or almost nine times the legal limit, and she’s lucky to be alive.   Meade County State's Attorney Jesse Sondreal says his research indicates that a level of .40 is considered lethal for about half the population. Sondreal says the state's legal limit is .08 and that state chemists cannot recall registering a blood alcohol content above .56.

Troopers found 45-year-old Marguerite Engle passed out in a van that had been reported stolen, on the side of the highway on December 1st. She subsequently missed her court appearance on December 15th, but was found Monday sitting in another stolen vehicle in a ditch near Fort Meade after another apparent round of drinks.

But she’s not the worst! The “smoking gun” has a story on another woman they refer they call the “reigning champ of blood alcohol content”. 42-year-old Terri Comer, was arrested in 2007 in Klamath County in Oregon with a blood alcohol content of .720. Sheriff’s Deputies found her unconscious in a running car wedged into a snow bank. Officers had to break a car window to get at her. Read about it at www.TheSmokingGun.com.