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Lab finds drugs in mother's blood

Driver in 3 drownings had legal alcohol level but traces of 'pot,' Rx

Posted: August 8, 2009 at 7:25 a.m.

Amber Turley's sons, Aaron, 8; Alex, 7; and Anthony, 2, died when her car plunged into Brewer Lake in April.

A woman whose three sons drowned when her car plunged into Brewer Lake in April had a blood-alcohol level less than that considered legally intoxicated while driving in Arkansas, but she also had marijuana and another drug in her system, a laboratory report shows.

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Arkansas, Pages 11, 17 on 08/08/2009

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