Driver found guilty of intox. manslaughter, assault in crash that killed SMU student

A Dallas woman was found guilty of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault for the deadly crash involving an SMU student on a Central Expressway feeder road.

Lynless Pollis had nearly four times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood after the crash, according to a toxicology expert. Testing after the crash showed she had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.294%, toxicology chemist Brittany Welch testified at Pollis’ trial in Dallas County state district court. The legal limit for driving in Texas is 0.08%.

The crash killed 19-year-old SMU student Honor Wallace in Sept. 2023. Wallace’s friend, Catherine Solberg, who was in the passenger seat of her Volkswagen Jetta, was seriously injured. Solberg testified in the trial, telling jurors she woke up in the hospital with a broken collarbone and concussion…

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