11-year-old charged with driving drunk in Alabama

[deadparrot]

Source: Reuters

MIAMI (Reuters) - An 11-year-old girl was charged with drunken driving after leading police on a chase at speeds of up to 100 mph that ended when she flipped the car in an Alabama beach town.

A video camera in the police car captured the look of surprise on the officer's face when he approached the wrecked car and got a look at the motorist.

The Mobile Press-Register newspaper said the patrolman saw the Chevrolet Monte Carlo speeding and flashed his lights to signal the driver to stop. Instead, the car sped faster, travelling at up to 100 mph (160 kph) before sideswiping another vehicle and flipping over in the Gulf Coast town of Orange Beach, Alabama, on Tuesday night.

The young driver, who lived nearby in Perdido Key, Florida, was treated at a hospital for scrapes and bruises and released to relatives. Police also charged her with speeding, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless endangerment.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070706/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_driver_child

[NC_Nurse]

1. Jeebus!

She's lucky to be alive!

[Buzz Clik]

2. 11 years gilrs should know better than to drive after drinking.

[MindPilot]

6. How else is she going to get the car home from the bar? n/t

[Buzz Clik]

12. She had just dropped daddy off at the casino, and she was picking up mom from the opium den.

The cops are just lucky that little brother was in jail rather than in the car. It could have gotten ugly.

[PoliticalOne65]

18. drinking age

The drinking age is 21 not 11

[wordpix]

3. where are the parents of this girl? We need to help these children if

their parents are so neglectful but...:scared:

we have to pay for the Iraq War and Star Wars in e. Europe.

[Trillo]

4. Just a guess...

Working 70+ hour workweeks at multiple, part time jobs.

[tomhayes]

5. Has anyone blamed video games yet??

If not, 5...4...3...2..

[MindPilot]

7. No, but...

Paris Hilton is one hell of a role model.

[Buzz Clik]

13. and Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, and Al Gore III.

[truthisfreedom]

8. Was she sitting on a phone book?

I don't think I could see over the dash at 11.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

9. Who supplied her with booze?

Couldn't they be charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor? Wonder if she will serve time or just be placed on probation?

[OwnedByFerrets]

10. Im glad that no one was killed....nt

[Buzz Clik]

11. Holy shit! This thread certainly got buried.

I guess the thought is that only Alabamans give a shit about 11 years driving drunk at high speeds.

[Exultant Democracy]

14. I have a friend who got arrested for drunk driving when he was 14

his parents were out of town, he got into their booze and then he took the keys to their BMW. While he was pulling out of a drive way a cop flashed his lights to tell my friend to turn on his headlights, but the kid was so stupid that he panicked and tried to run for the cop who had no interest in following him until he peeled out and tried to run away.

So eventually this kid stops his car, but he stops it on a hill and doesn't put on the e-brake so the car rolled back and smashed up the cop car. This was the point where the kid decided to mouth off and I guess next thing he knew he found himself face down on the ground with a heel on the back of his neck.

[rocktivity]

15. Why haven't her PARENTS been charged with abuse and neglect?

The girl is neither an adult or a licensed driver. That makes her the VICTIM, not the perp!

:mad:
rocknation

[piedmont]

16. Why do we get the bad press for something a Floridian did? nt

[southlandshari]

17. Because assholes

come in all shapes, sizes and political persuasions.

:eyes: