Intoxicated lady crashed into Convention Center before crashing out again through different doors

A woman crashed her car through the glass doors of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center early on Thursday, as security cameras captured the action. Irina Polushina, 25, was arrested after the crash and cited for driving while intoxicated and reckless operation of a vehicle.





Her bond was set at $6,500. She had minor injuries from the crash, NOPD said. Her Toyota Camry, meanwhile, was severely damaged. No one else was injured. In the security camera footage, the Camry is seen heading riverbound on Calliope Street, but the driver is unable to make the left turn onto Convention Center Boulevard.





The Camry then leaves Convention Center Boulevard and gets stuck on a metal pole in front of the convention center. The driver then reverses the car, hitting other poles before eventually freeing the vehicle. The car continues in reverse, smashing through the glass doors of Hall G not far from where a man was seen walking inside moments before.


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The driver misses the interior columns in the lobby, puts the car into drive and crashes through another set of glass doors to exit the building. NOPD had previously said the driver made a U-turn inside the lobby, but the security footage doesn't show that manoeuvre. After driving her car out of the building, police said Polushina then crashed into an exterior wall.