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Girl, 11, charged with drunk driving
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-09 08:09
MIAMI - 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.
The car belonged to a relative and police were still trying to find out
where she got the alcohol. There was none in the vehicle but her blood
alcohol level was over the limit for adult motorists, police told the
newspaper.
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