Woman crashes into five cars and into Cumberland Farms store

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Rosa Blanca Chavarria-Medina crashed her car into a gas stations
She had a suspended license and lost control coming off the Interstate
Four people were taken to hospital with minor injuries

PUBLISHED: 05:13 EST, 1 April 2014 | UPDATED: 13:55 EST, 1 April 2014

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A Connecticut woman accused of plowing her car into a convenience store at a speed of up to 70 mph and injuring four people has been charged with drunken driving and other crimes.

Thirty-one-year-old Rosa Blanca Chavarria-Medina of Bridgeport was charged on Monday with driving under the influence and reckless driving, among other things.

Police say Chavarria-Medina was exiting Interstate 95 in Fairfield on March 24 when her car smashed into five vehicles outside a Cumberland Farms store and crashed into the storefront.

Arrested: Rosa Blanca Chavarria-Medina, 31, was drunk and driving without a license at the time of the accident last week as she crashed into five cars and through the doors of a gas station

The Bridgeport woman police say was caught on camera speeding off of I-95 and crashing into a gas station in Fairfield is out on bond

Police say they arrested Rosa Blanca Chavarria-Medina, 31, yesterday

hey say they caught up with her when she went to the Bridgeport Police Department to ask for the accident report, not realizing the crash happened in Fairfield

Police said Chavarria-Medina, who had a suspended license, lost control of the Maxima while coming off I-95 and struck the Cumberland Farms on Kings Highway.

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She ended up speeding down the off-ramp of the interstate, through the stop sign and across Chambers Street, then through the gas pump area and parking lot at Cumberland Farms, striking four cars and sending three other people to the hospital.

Police said Chavarria-Medina, who had a suspended license, lost control of the Maxima while coming off I-95 and struck the Cumberland Farms on Kings Highway

The Maxima smashed straight into other cars and forced them into the gas station

A total of six motor vehicles were badly damaged, according to police

A total of six motor vehicles were badly damaged, according to police.

'You can clearly see from the video the devastation that did occur,' Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara said. 'Our concern was significant that she would get behind the wheel again.'

Chavarria-Medina was charged with reckless endangerment, reckless driving, DUI, passing on the right, suspended license and failure to stop at stop sign.

Chavarria-Medina was unconscious in her car, which briefly caught fire, and had to be freed from the car by firefighters.

Four people were hospitalized. Police say it's lucky none of the injuries was life-threatening.

Four people were taken to the hospital, however police said all injuries including Chavarria-Medina's were not life-threatening

The Cumberland Farms on Kings Highway still boarded up on Monday, which was a week after the crash

This week police plan to re-create the scene, so they can get a better handle on how fast she was going

This week police plan to re-create the scene, so they can get a better handle on how fast she was going.

'We want to show that her speed was a factor not only in the accident but recklessness of her behavior,' said Fairfield Police Lt. James Perez told WFSB.

Authorities say Chavarria-Medina's blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit of .08.

Chavarria-Medina posted $5,000 bail. There is no phone listing for her and it's not clear if she has a lawyer.

WFSB 3 Connecticut