Kerry Kennedy has been acquitted of charges that she was driving while impaired. A jury deliberated for approximately an hour and 10 minutes.
Kennedy is the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the ex-wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She faced a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated for allegedly swerving between lanes and careening into a tractor-trailer on a Westchester County, New York, interstate in July 2012. She drove away from the accident scene despite a shredded tire, and was found collapsed over the steering wheel of her Lexus SUV a short time later, according to testimony.
Kennedy has said she swallowed a pill she thought was thyroid medication, but that she may have taken zolpidem, a powerful sleep aid, instead. A blood test confirmed the presence of zolpidem in Kennedy's system, according to trial testimony.
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