The woman suspected of drunk driving in the crash that killed Kassandra Kaulius blew at two times the legal limit for alcohol and had been drinking heavily on the night of the crash, according to a search warrant obtained by CTV News.
Kaulius, a popular 22-year-old softball player, was killed on May 3 when her red BMW was broadsided by a restoration company van in Surrey.
The van's alleged driver, Natasha Leigh Warren, was arrested at the scene of the crash, but has not been charged. According to a police search warrant filed on May 6, Warren provided two breath samples that night, and her blood-alcohol level registered at between .16 and .14.
Witnesses told police that Warren ran from the scene of the crash, climbed over a fence and lay face-down in a bush until police officers arrived and dragged her out.
The officers "noticed an overpowering odour of liquor emanating from the female's mouth, her eyes were bloodshot, she appeared to be sleepy and she was staggering while walking," according to the search warrant.
Warren's common-law husband told police that the couple was watching a hockey game before the crash, and his wife had consumed a bottle-and-a-half of wine before leaving home in her company van.
When Warren didn't return, documents show that her husband called Surrey RCMP and told them "this is what happens, drinking and driving."
He also said that she called him from the scene of the accident, saying that the police were after her.
Warren's licence was revoked at the scene of the crash, but given back after just a 24-hour roadside suspension. After widespread public outcry, her licence was suspended for 12 months.
She was also fired from her job at Precision Restoration after her employer learned that she was driving the company van.
Police didn't seize suspect's clothes at scene
Mounties filed a search warrant three days after the fatal crash, hoping to get Warren's phone records to pinpoint her exact location at the time of the collision.
A second warrant was filed to seize the Vancouver Canucks jersey and bloodstained jeans that Warren was wearing when she was arrested. Police did not confiscate the clothing at the scene, but spoke with Warren and her husband before executing the warrant to make sure the clothing hadn't been washed since the crash.
A Surrey RCMP spokeswoman told CTV News she was unable to comment on the specifics of the investigation.