RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - A candidate for a Kentucky state House seat has been charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident, police said.
Monteia Mundy was arrested Saturday night in Madison County, according to news outlets that cited police records. Mundy is a Republican candidate for the 88th District House seat, which includes part of Fayette County.
Mundy will face Republican Aaron Yates in the primary election in June. The seat is current held by Democrat Cherlynn Stevenson, who is running for re-election.
Mundy is accused of being involved in a collision near a gas station. Her vehicle was found nearby in a ditch, news outlets reported.
Witnesses told police that Mundy was driving on the wrong side of the road against oncoming traffic before crashing into the ditch, the Kentucky State Police citation said.
A state trooper found Mundy incoherent in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. She told the trooper someone hit her vehicle and she didn’t know what happened, according to the citation. She also said she had been drinking at a friend’s house, the trooper wrote.
She was taken to the Madison County jail, but was later released on bond.
Mundy said on her campaign social media pages that she couldn’t immediately comment but would be releasing a statement “on recent personal events” in the next couple of days.
“Please do not believe everything you read,” she said.
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