San Mateo woman still in intensive care

The woman, whose identity has not been released yet, was returning home with her 14-year-old son from an unknown location in San Mateo. As she began to turn left into the driveway of her housing complex at 800 block of East 19th Street, Eggleston drifted into her lane at an unknown velocity and hit her Geo Metro head-on. Eggleston received minor injuries and was taken to San Mateo County General Hospital. Wilkins said he was given two breathalyzer tests, one approximately one hour after the accident, and the second three hours later. Wilkins did not know which test produced the .20 result, but did note that a significant amount of time had passed -- which means his blood alcohol level could have been higher at the time of the accident. Eggleston was placed under arrest and taken to county jail in Redwood City.

The victim's son suffered minor injuries. His mother has already undergone several surgeries -- a rod has been placed in her leg and a plate in her upper leg to repair a compound fracture, and she has also had extensive suturing done to her tongue and had fluid removed from her lungs.

The woman remains is in Stanford Medical Center's intensive care unit and is breathing with the assistance of a machine.

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