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Woman who hit Bullock’s car faces DUI charge

Police say 64-year-old had blood-alcohol level more than twice legal limit

updated 10:30 a.m. ET April 22, 2008

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - A Gloucester, Mass., woman who was allegedly drunk when she crashed her car into an SUV carrying Sandra Bullock is due in court.

Neither the actress nor her husband, Jesse James, was hurt in the head-on accident Friday night.

Police say 64-year-old Lucille Gatchell had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit in Massachusetts.

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Gatchell is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday in Gloucester District Court on a drunken driving charge.

Bullock is in the Cape Ann area for the filming of the romantic comedy “The Proposal.”

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