FAIRLEE, Vt. — A 20-year-old Topsham woman has been charged with driving under the influence and reckless endangerment after a traffic stop on Route 244 in Fairlee shortly after midnight Saturday, Vermont State Police said.

Troopers from the St. Johnsbury barracks were on patrol in Fairlee when they saw several moving violations and pulled over a car driven by Ava Smith, according to police. Troopers said they found signs that Smith was impaired, and she was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

Smith was taken to the state police outpost in Bradford for processing and was released with a citation, police said. The reckless endangerment charge relates to her passenger, a 19-year-old Thetford woman, according to police.

Police did not describe the moving violations or say whether anyone was hurt.

Smith is scheduled to appear Nov. 18 in Orange County Superior Court's criminal division to answer the charges.

The charges are allegations, and Smith is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

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