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The news site Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/SrbNCn) that a passerby called 911 in Birmingham on Thursday morning after seeing the woman slumped over her steering wheel at a traffic light.

Police said officers roused the woman and removed her from the SUV. Authorities say she was handcuffed and taken to the city jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

A photo of the woman by al.com showed fake blood covering much of her torso as she was apprehended.

Details on her identity weren’t immediately available.

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