Mom's 110-Mph Car Chase Kills Her Baby
Texas Woman Leads Police On 25-Mile Chase; 9-Month-Old Thrown From SUV In Crash
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Alexxus Riza was thrown Friday night from the SUV, which rolled several times under an Interstate 35 overpass, said Trooper Dub Gillum of the Texas Department of Public Safety. The vehicle struck a traffic light before hitting the concrete barrier, officials said.
Aimee Andrea Riza, 36, of Keene, sustained minor injuries and was charged with manslaughter, evading arrest, resisting arrest and reckless driving, Gillum said.
“She was combative after the crash when they tried to extract her out of the vehicle,” he said. “The officers had to wrestle her to get her under control.”
A motorist had called the Somervell County Sheriff's Department to report a reckless driver. When Riza refused to stop, authorities chased her through two counties at speeds up to 110 mph, Gillum said.
Authorities used spikes, tried to block intersections ahead and backed off the SUV hoping it would slow down. But Riza continued to drive until she crashed, traveling on the rims after the SUV's tires were deflated, Gillum said.
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See all 138 Commentsthe poor baby.
Get real; this B*itch is responsible for killing the child, Not the cops. What could she POSSIBLY be doing, or have in her possession, that was worth taking such a chance with the lives of her child, and herself?
The woman was responsible for the death of her child. Should everyone run away from the police to avoid any penalty? The result would be anarchy.
Well at least it was *HER* kid which will affect her a personally whereas killing a stranger she never met likely won't, now when she comes down off her drug high or whatever, she will have plenty of time to think about her actions whilst in jail.
Amazing how it always seems to be the DRUNK driver who plows into another car killing everyone else and THEY escape the conflagration with a few scratches and minor injuries.
How about the case of the drunk who driving the wrong way down the road plowed head-on into a car with several people, and the daughter in the other car was decapitated, the driver was killed, and the drunk driver basically had minor injuries.
Pitiful excuse for Life she did not deserve her Baby and now its in Gods hands thankfully.
The Police did the right thing and she still drove recklessly and ended up crashing and killing her baby. Toss the book out the window and drag her to the darkest Dungen in the state she is a worthless excuse for a human. most likely on drugs of course.
This is why high speed chases should not happen. Speeds over 110 mph! That is rediculous!
The mother may or may not have been on drugs. It could be a mental disorder or something else. I will wait until the trial to judge her so harshly as most seem to be doing. I am glad she did not kill a stranger, but an innocent by-stander still died. That is the greatest tragedy of all.
Sincerely ~Proud to be a Peace Officer's Wife
idiots blaming Bush for this
idiots blaming the cops for this
idiots saying they are against hi-speed chases
so if anybody breaking the laws, robbing a bank or store, murdering someone if they speed lets just let them go because hi-speed chases are wrong! a perfect example why stupid people shouldn't bred!!! ...a hi-speed chase can only happen when the individual being persued RUNS, I repeat a hi-speed chase can ONLY happen if the person runs! ...it is NEVER the fault of the cops, do we really want to send the message that if you run at a hi-speed that the authorities will always let you go? if you say yes then you are an IDIOT!!! I am sorry for any innocent bystanders that may be injured or killed because of these pursuits but it is still never the cops fault and is still 100 percent the person runnings fault (ALWAYS)!!! lets get back some common sense America!!!!!
The police must follow - people run for a reason. Maybe because they've got something illegal in the car, maybe because they're fugitives - but tell all the criminals that all they have to do is run when you've got drugs in your car, or a gun, or whatever, and the police will let you get away, to dispose of the evidence, and you'll see a huge explosion in the number of drivers driving like idiots, because we'll have given in to their blackmail.
Why, I ask. Why? I'm doumbfounded.
Them cops need to show restraint and maturity. Pride and not arrogance. Dignity and not savagery. Wisdom and not foolery.
Their dark and shadowy instincts took over what otherwise could be a reasonable mind. But this being TX I don't know how reasonable their minds are.
Needless to say, a baby died. A baby died becuase them cops run around like playing a video game.
They won the game but we, America, lost a baby. We, America, need to raise our hands and put them up to them cops faces and say "Enough is more than enough and that's enough!"
And then put the palm of our hands on their foreheads and push them back as if we were blessing them.
Blessed be they who in their perspicacity show their farsightedness. Blessed!
"Drive Friendly" is posted on road signs at regular intervals. As, is "Don't mess with Texas."
Obviously, this lunatic should have paid attention to the road signs.
After observing Texas drivers for years, it appears to me about half of our drivers should not have been given a license or allowed to operate motor vehicles in the first place.
Especially this lunatic.
I don't see anything wrong with people speaking out on issues, and having suggestions on how to improve polices that are harmful to others and this world.You call these people idiots, I call you a puppet, who's actions are controlled by others with a pull of a string. I suppose that you think global warming is OK and that the twin towers were brought down by middle east extremist(check out loosechange911.com) .It's obvious what you do for a living. What the real tragedy is here is not only the death of this innocent child but the mental health of the people today and how extreme their actions are in dealing with issues. The value of life is a low priority when it comes to some peoples pride, As yours must have been affected for you to submit such a worthless comment. You Idiot!
I happen to agree with MrVolleyball. The people that run for police are the ones in the wrong. And, no,I am not a police officer nor am I married to one. I am just a citizen who is tired of people who wish to let the criminals go free while denigrating the police officers who have to put up with people shooting at them and getting sued for shooting back.
Vehiclure manslaughter is too good for this woman...
"There was no reason whatsoever for the hs chase. Once them cops got her license plate number they should have let her go"
You ignorant moron. What if the plate, or, the SUV itself was stolen? What if there was a kidnapping/hostage situation involved? Your simplistic, left-wing, anarchist attitude & ideology would have sent the cops to the WRONG house, and arrested the WRONG people, a victim would STILL be dead.
Then you'd be up here screaming, "...where, oh where are the cops when you NEED them? Dunkin' Donuts?.."
It's fairly obvious you neglected to read the article; Instead, skimmed the headline and posted comments based on your personal political dogma.
What part of "A motorist had called the Somervell County Sheriff's Department to report a reckless driver. When Riza refused to stop..." didn't you GET?
Oh, that's right.. in the World Of Hippy, "the Man" is just out to hassle people.
Tell you what; Here's ten bucks. Birk it over to Starbucks, and buy yourself a big cup of decaf Shut the Hell Up Latte.
Re-read the article, ClosetHippy. The woman was speeding long before police actually took notice. They did everything under their power to try and keep the woman from speeding off at over 100mph, and still the woman continued in defiance of all reason. There was a child in the vehicle, as well.
When a motorist refuses to slow down or stop for police, whether or not they back off from the chase, risking their life and that of the infant on board, as well as those traveling on the same road, generally there is only one possible outcome, and this is it.
What strikes me as irony, is she survived the 100mph crash with what was described as only 'minor injuries'. Either that SUV is safer than most or there was some sort of miracle. The force from most 40-50mph crashes is enough to break the bones of the occupants.
How do you chase a non-murder or non-violent suspect through a city at 110 miles an hour? For what good reason?
The police should also be charged with the murder along with the driver of that car.
I know that sometimes overzealous District Attorneys in all their creativity can make almost any charge stand up.
The WOMAN was the villian, not the police. Why some of you can't connect such simple dots is pathetic.
You are completely out of touch with reality if you think the police are not to blame for this.
The police were doing their job and they DO NOT get a big thrill out of this type of chase.
They did their duty just as the brave cops on 9/11.
I have lost one member of my family to working as a Detective and have others (brotherass) risking their lives daily and have been "Hero`s" many times, but they choose to do this just as one served in Vietnom War as a medic and saved lives.
For many years I worked the evening shift as a nurse and drove the interstate highway. I had to report im paired drivers via a CB radio and the police officers always radioed me back to thank me for helping getting these people off the road. And yes they included women who were driving under the influence.
God bless these officers and don`t think that they will forget this baby any time soon, it will haun them from now until their deaths, I know because as a nurse I relive the senseless loss of a childs life that happened back in 1987.
Wyoming PEGIB
I'll pass that message along to Amadou Diallo's mom-- whose son was riddled with bullets by cowboy cops for showing them his wallet.
Midwestern/southern people live in such a dream world-- where all cops are perceived as heroes.
Ignorance truly is bliss.
Only another cop or another cop wannabe would post such a made up as you go post. The cops had no reason to believe there was a kidnapping/hostage situation or the the SUV was stolen.
The cops used very bad judgment for chasing this citizen at 110 MPH. For who? For what? To what end? A little innocent baby is dead because of their heinous, reckless, disregard for human life. For the need of giving out a speeding/reckless driving ticket they killed a child. Nice going you stinking bastar#s!
Is a chase like this really necessary after they have a plate number? They (the cops) should have broke off this chase, they could have caused any number of deaths and injuries to innocent other families on the road as well as killing the child that they did. I hope the grandparents of that Child sue the cops responsible as well as the city of Alvarado, Texas. That child's murder must be made an example to police out of control across this nation.
The police did the right thing.
You haters are ignorant, petty, and illogical.
I wish you were all cops, because I could committ any crimes I want, drive fast, and be off scot free.
I hate resorting to personal attacks, but you are acting stupid. Blame the cops? ROFL!
So,Even if the car was stolen, the recovery of an insured stolen car is more important to you then a child's life, Right??
Your teenage daughter is on her way to school and the police are chasing a stolen car at 110 MPH and a cop crashes into your daughter and kills her, do you still feel the same way about the chase???
Why don't you blame everyone for your issues, sounds like a good way to get through life, and very similar to the current state of society. If you start letting crooks escape, it will empower them to do more, with less consequences.
Don't ask me closed questions, especially if they don't make sense.
There are situations that require them to abandon pursuit, however it should only be when necessary.
Are you trying to say that everyone who crashes running from police, should blame the accident on the police? That makes no sense.
I guess the police should stop pursuing their suspects, it will make the world a safer place, right?
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