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| Posted Saturday, July 7, 2007 |
| 11-year-old girl charged with driving drunk, speeding up to 100
mph in Alabama |
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.
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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