Nikiski driver arrested for DUI, child endangerment after ATV rollover

A child was riding as a passenger on an ATV when it rolled over in Nikiski Thursday night, and the driver registered a breath alcohol level more than twice the legal limit, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Troopers responded at about 10:40 p.m. to a crash near Bastein Drive and Island Lake Road in Nikiski. At the scene, troopers located a 39-year-old Nikiski woman with her spouse after the ATV crashed. A Datamaster breath test at the Soldotna AST post measured the driver's breath alcohol concentration at 0.184 grams per 210 liters of breath, more than twice Alaska's legal limit of 0.08.

Troopers said the woman was operating the ATV with a child passenger while under the influence of alcohol. She was arrested and transported to the Soldotna post for processing, then remanded to the Wildwood Pretrial Facility. She faces charges of DUI and endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree. The dispatch does not specify the child's age or whether the child was injured in the rollover.

All charges are accusations. The driver is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.