Boozing Barrister Kristine Steinkoenig from Maryland Injured When Crashing Into Dump Truck

YAKIMA, WASHINGTON — The Washington State Patrol reports that an Annapolis, Maryland motorist, who faces DUI charges, lost control of her 2004 Toyota pickup on a curve and slammed into the rear of a dump truck on Route 970 two miles east of Cle Elum, Washington.

Cle Elum is a city in Kittitas County, Washington

The Washington State Patrol reports that Trooper D. Nilles is charging Kristine Steinkoenig, 58, of Annapolis, Md., with DUI after she slammed into a 1966 Ford Dump Truck operated by Eric Miller, 51.

Miller was not injured and Steinkoenig was taken by ambulance to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.

Trooper Nilles reports that Steinkoenig failed to reduce her speed for the road conditions as well as driving while impaired.

Kristine Steinkoenig is an attorney in Annapolis with a specialty in environmental law, family law, and estate planning.

According to her Linked In profile, she graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law. And has a J. D. from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia.