A Bucks County woman who drank the equivalent of more than eight shots of alcohol before driving the wrong way on Route 309 and killing an Allentown man in a head-on crash was convicted Wednesday night of third-degree murder.

Noelle Theresa Chew, 27. (Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com)

A Bucks County judge ordered a presentence investigation before deciding how long Noelle Theresa Chew, of Richland Township, will spend in jail, the county district attorney's office reports. Gary B. Gilman revoked Chew's 10 percent of $500,000 bail, records show.

Chew, 27, was also convicted of homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, DUI and DUI highest rate, records show. The jury deliberated three hours after two days of testimony, the district attorney's office said.

Chew killed 24-year-old Damian Toalombo in the Jan. 20 crash.

She drank a Long Island iced tea at T.G.I. Friday's in Quakertown then two more of the same drink and a shot of Fireball whiskey at J.T. Bankers in Sellersville before getting behind the wheel of a BMW sedan, the district attorney's office said. Each mixed drink included two and a half shots of liquor, authorities said.

Chew's boyfriend, with whom she was arguing, unsuccessfully attempted to restrain her to keep her from driving, the district attorney's office said.

Somehow she ended up driving south for several miles in the northbound lanes, the district attorney's office said.

"At least a dozen cars and two tractor-trailers traveling northbound managed to avoid hitting Chew's car before it plowed into" a Kia Septa driven by Toalombo not long after midnight in Hilltown Township, authorities said.

"He had no time to react," Deputy District Attorney Robert D. James said in his closing, according to a news release. "He was simply hit head-on and died."

Chew didn't recall how or where she got on the divided highway, authorities said.

Chew initially refused to let blood be drawn for testing, but after a warrant was obtained, her blood-alcohol concentration four hours after the crash was 0.204, the district attorney's office said. Penalties begin for drivers 21 and above at 0.08 in Pennsylvania.

A forensic toxicologist testified that her BAC would have been at least 0.24 at the time of the crash, the district attorney's office said.

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