One of Washington's worst drivers appears headed for jail after KIRO Team 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne catches her drinking and driving.

Angela Bastrom this week pleaded guilty to vehicular assault. That admission follows a KIRO Team 7 Investigation featuring Bastrom driving on a suspended license while drinking beer on her commute home. See the original story.

Terry Read will bear the scars of his encounter with Angela Bastrom for the rest of his life: A shattered jaw, lots of headaches, financial devastation.

“I lost my place to stay, my car, my girl -- everything. So, it's a great impact,” Read said.

After eight months of denial, Bastrom now admits she got liquored up, jumped into an SUV, then ran her car into Read last summer. Pierce County prosecutors didn't have a lot of interest in charging Bastrom with that crime until after KIRO Team 7 Investigators aired a videotape.

The tape shows Bastrom buying beer and driving around town on a suspended license. This is months after she hit Read.

Halsne: "You're going to get in this car and drive home?"
Bastrom: "No, I am not."
Halsne: "What do you have in the bag?"
Bastrom: "Sir, that's none of your business. Get the **** away from me."
Halsne: "In the past, we've seen you buy beer. You got two mickey's in there?"
Bastrom: "Get the **** away from me before I sue the **** out of both of you. If you print anything about me, I'm suing the **** out of you."
Halsne: "Why would you sue me for printing the truth?"

Read says our investigation was a wake up call to action for both prosecutors and Bastrom's family.

“Her family members have asked me, 'Don't let this go unnoticed. Make sure she gets some help. She needs to be locked away. She's a danger to society,'" Read told KIRO Team 7 Investigators Tuesday night.

Our court records search found Bastrom has received at least 34 traffic tickets for things like drunk driving, passing a stopped school bus, even fleeing the scene of a fatal accident. A judge will take those into consideration when formal sentencing occurs. Terry Read hopes Bastrom won't ever drink, then get behind the wheel again.

“I think she's sweating bullets, which is pretty good. Maybe it will scare her sober,” Read says.

As part of her guilty plea, prosecutors tell us Bastrom agreed to go into alcohol rehab, which is where she is right now. The standard sentencing range for vehicular assault is somewhere between 6 and 12 months in jail. Formal sentencing is in April. We'll be there and since Bastrom has spent 20 years ignoring traffic laws, we'll also be watching her habits when she gets out of jail.