11 year-old girl arrested... - for DUI and high speed chase!

Twelve Volt Man wrote: I saw this on the news this morning and couldn't beleive it. I can't imagine an eleven year-old girl being able to drive a car at 100 MPH, much less do it drunk!



Girl, 11, faces DUI charge after chase
Friday, July 06, 2007By RYAN DEZEMBERStaff Reporter
Orange Beach police arrested an 11-year-old girl Tuesday night and charged her with driving under the influence of alcohol after a high-speed chase that ended when the child flipped the Chevrolet Monte Carlo she was driving.

Assistant Police Chief Greg Duck said a patrol officer noticed the Monte Carlo speeding west along Alabama 182 near the Phoenix V Condominium tower Tuesday night at about 10:30. When the officer flicked on his lights and tried to pull the car over, it sped up.

According to Duck: The Monte Carlo exceeded speeds of 100 mph in the ensuing chase, which flew west along the beach highway through Orange Beach, past Gulf State Park and into Gulf Shores -- a distance of about 8 miles. The Monte Carlo eventually sideswiped another vehicle and then flipped over near the easternmost condo towers of Gulf Shores.

The patrol officer, unaware of who the Monte Carlo's driver might be, approached the wrecked car cautiously, with gun drawn, Duck said.

"You go up there thinking it's a felon you're dealing with," he said.

But what the officer found was hardly whom he expected. Rather, he discovered a typical-looking 11-year-old, a fifth- or sixth-grader, perhaps, apparently drunk and slightly injured.

"You can see his reaction on the video," Duck said of his patrol officer. "He was expecting someone else."

Police did not release the defendant's name because of her age, but she is from Perdido Key, Fla., an unincorporated part of the Panhandle that abuts Orange Beach. Duck said the case has been turned over to the Baldwin County Juvenile Court for prosecution.

While the legal blood-alcohol content for adults is .08 grams per 100 milliliters of blood, the limit for anyone under 21 is .02. Without disclosing her blood-alcohol content, Duck said the 11-year-old had enough alcohol in her system that she could have been charged with DUI even if she had been an adult.

Though the child's weight is undisclosed, a 140-pound adult would generally have to drink four beers in one hour to achieve a blood-alcohol level of .08.

After the wreck, the young driver was transported to South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley for treatment of minor scrapes and bruises, Duck said. She was eventually released to family members.

The Monte Carlo belonged to family members, but police still aren't certain where she got the alcohol.

"There wasn't any alcohol in the car," Duck said. "She drank it before."

In addition to the drunken-driving charge, the girl faces charges of speeding, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless endangerment, Duck said.

ZandersMama replied: That is so sad!

redplaydoh replied: That's horrible... I can't even drive 100mph... much less doing it while drunk.

I hope she learns a lesson and that she gets the help she needs now because this is seriously crying out for help!

gr33n3y3z replied: yep she is on the road to being a trouble maker if she isnt already

lisar replied:
I agree.

Calimama replied:
So do I.

A&A'smommy replied: HOLY CRAP I VACATION THERE!!!! What in the WORLD is a child of that age drinking in the first place and where were her parents?!?!?!

stella6979 replied:
That's what I was wondering. She had to of gotten the alcohol from someone.

holley79 replied: We are talking about that here as it is not far from us. We are all floored. She's probably a great kid with great grades and just made a HUGE, could have been fatal, mistake.

HuskerMom replied: Wow that's crazy!

MotherForever2043 replied: That's is so I can't even think of the right word. At least no one else got hurt.

Anthony275 replied: i saw that on fox tonight, still in elementary school

around me these kids from connecticut were ages 14 and 12 or 10, i forget which, they stole a car and were getting away with it...he would've gotten away with it if he had put his blinker on

redchief replied:
If I had a dime for every time I asked that question while treating an alcohol poisoned teen. You don't want to hear the most common of answers.

A&A'smommy replied:
its so SAD!!!!! I drank when I was a teenager and I had friends who got alcohol poisioning (I was NEVER there when it happened though!) and I came close one time... but I just can't imagine being a 11 years old and drunk I was stlll outside playing kickball with my friends

Mommy2Isabella replied: That is very sad!!! At 11 my parents watched my every move ... makes you question their parental abilities!

Nina J replied: That's sad. I hope she didn't get the alcohol from her parents. A few years ago, 2 young girls told there parents they were going to a sleepover and they were really going out with some guys to drink. The car crashed, and both girls died

I wonder sometimes about kids and alcohol. I had my first drink when I was young, 13, but I drank maybe 3 or 4 times from then until I was 16, thats when I started going to more parties and my parents would buy me alcohol, until I turned 18 then I could just buy it myself. I wouldn't let my kids drink when they're as young as I was.

MichaelsMommy replied: How horrible. What a nightmare for her parents (assuming they are not the influence).