Honor Wallace, 19, was a sophomore majoring in Spanish and English. She moved to Dallas from Michigan, where she grew up. Dallas police say Honor Wallace was driving east on Monticello Avenue at the North Central Expressway service road about 4:20 p.m. on Sunday afternoon when another driver ran a red light and hit her Volkswagen Jetta.SMU

Driver charged in crash that killed SMU student had BAC nearly 4 times legal limit: expert

Prosecutors allege Lynlee Pollis was drunk, speeding, and had run a red light when she struck Honor Wallace's car. Pollis' defense agrees she was speeding and ran a red light but says she wasn't drunk.

by · 5 NBCDFW

A Dallas woman charged with killing a Southern Methodist University student in a crash on a Central Expressway feeder road had nearly four times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood after the crash, according to a toxicology expert.

Testing on Lynlee Pollis hours after the crash showed she had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.294%, toxicology chemist Brittany Welch testified Thursday at Pollis' trial in Dallas County state district court. The legal limit for driving in Texas is 0.08%.

Pollis is charged with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in the death of 19-year-old SMU student Honor Wallace. Wallace’s friend, who was in the passenger seat, was seriously injured in the September 2023 crash. Intoxication manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and intoxication assault carries up to 10 years.

Pollis likely would have consumed six to 11 standard-sized alcoholic beverages — or three to five larger drinks or doubles — to reach a blood alcohol level that high, Welch said.

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(L-R) Lynlee Pollis, 27, is charged with intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle, and intoxication assault with a vehicle in the death of 19-year-old Honor Elizabeth Wallace.Dallas PD/SMU