Cops: Girl, 11, Drove 100 MPH While Drunk

(AP)  Police who chased a car for miles along a highway at speeds up to 100 mph said the driver was drunk, hardly a rarity in this resort town. But there was more: When they looked inside the flipped vehicle with guns drawn, they found an 11-year-old girl at the wheel.

"You go up there thinking it's a felon you're dealing with," assistant police Chief Greg Duck said.

The girl, who was slightly injured in the crash, is now charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding, reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident. Duck said she sideswiped another vehicle during the roughly eight-mile chase.

The chase began around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when a patrol officer near the Florida line saw the car speeding west along a beach highway, Duck said. When the officer flicked on his lights, the driver sped up. The girl rolled the car just inside the Gulf Shores city limit.

Duck said the girl, whose name was not released because of her age, told police she was on her way to pick up her sister at a concert.

Investigators found no alcohol in the car but believe the girl drank before getting behind the wheel of the car, which belongs to relatives.

Duck declined to release the girl's blood alcohol level but said a blood test at the hospital showed it was higher than .02, the legal limit for minors.

[michellem99-2009]

I hit by err .There are more ??? than answers so will the public learn from this. She was luckey that she was not real bad.

[michellem99-2009]

Just who picked up the girl from hospital. Was she alone at home.MOER??

[michellem99-2009]

I have DSL and can watch visuls and just saw the clip and no parents was in the clip.

[michellem99-2009]

I am Catholic and I don't know if a child is allowed to take the blood of Christ or not. I can take the body and blood of Christ only. I think they should use grapejuice. The wine is a tiny drop. I am on meds. And that's nice dear you can see to spell right. The main thing is we are sharing and I am a hillbilly and I sometimes write the way I talk. Would yer sass yer Maw. Now proper would you sass your Mum. This child broke the rules. Now some they must step upto the plate and deal with this issue. I am 52. That child would not drink,drive,and raise this mess years ago. No.

[slim1h2o]

Some have asked, " How can minors have a legal limit on alcohol"? Some religions allow minors to partake in sacramental wine during religious ceremonies, and special occasions. So some states enacted laws to set a precedent so there would be a benchmark to prosecute someone for giving to much wine to a minor, during or after the ceremonies.

[slim1h2o]

This child needs to be punished, dried out first, then her parents need etoh abused training. osted by cmp271

What are trying to say after "need" buddy? least I can spell

[michellem99-2009]

Girl is 11. Fine. She drinks. Did help herself to it in the home,the frig or where it is kelp.Nothing said the parents were they drunk. Minors are not allowed to drink. Nope. Car keys. How she get her hands on them when she should known better. The sister went to concert,how she get there and when it got over who was bring her home. This is the USA not some nation that allow child to be an adult at 12. Lazy parents. Sending her to childrens'jail may not be the answer. The parents need looking into to learn why this happened. Break down of the family.

[onthecool]

Legal limit for minors...?...?... There should be no limit for minors. Any amount of alcohol consumption by a minor should be illegal. They're MINORS - get it???

[vendeur]

Seems to me the parents are culpable. I would have them horse whipped from a pillar in downtown Mildew, Alabama or wherever they are from. And yes, they should lose custody of their daughter (and they should probably be sterilised too.)

[michellem99-2009]

I started school at 10 years old. I never went to grammar school. Special ed. and due to my multi handicap and legally blind,lass/lad. They did not the ADA law then.The teachers would not teach me. My foster mother kelp the mangifier I was to use. They did not get large print books for my use.They did not have computer. So I do the best I can.I was liet behind.Why. a girl. IF you think it is easy. well it is not. So I Would watch that mouth as I am 52. IF YOU WISH TO LOOK DOWN ON OTHERS THAN YOU HAVE NEVER WALKED MY SHOES. A male friend got me computer.