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A Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office administrative assistant was fired after a DUI arrest Saturday night. Authorities said Lorraine Daly, 54, was under the influence when she swerved into oncoming traffic on Tampa Road in Oldsmar and side-swiped another car.

Deputies said her blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. According to deputies, Daly was traveling westbound on Tampa Road, when she swerved to avoid a crash, crossed over a cement median and into oncoming traffic.

A second vehicle, traveling eastbound on Tampa Road, sideswiped the passenger side Daly's vehicle to avoid a head-on collision. Deputies said no one was injured in the crash, but both vehicles were damaged.

Daly was arrested and charged with one count of Driving Under the Influence with property damage. She was taken to the Pinellas County Jail without incident.

Daly worked at the district station in Dunedin since 1988.