Cops: Girl, 11, Drove 100 MPH While Drunk

Girl Charged With DUI After Leading Alabama Police On High-Speed Chase

(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.

[jdweymouth]

Of course the parents are at fault. But that being said, in this society, it's impossible for parents to properly raise their children. Parents are expected to raise them to be civilized-but they're not allowed to punish them. If you spank your child in public, the cops are called on you, and then you have to prove your innocence.

I was raised under corporal punishment, and I've always used it. I've never gotten in trouble, but I know plenty who have-but, in spite of the fascist liberals dictating how we raise our children, they expect our children to be perfect. It's a no-win situation. And that's why I sympathize with these parents.

[cmp271]

This is unbelievable...did anyone go to school and learn grammar? I can't believe how badly written some of these responses are. Are you all 11 years old and drunk, been out driving too? It is the same on all these comment blocks. Now we know why NCLB is so needed.

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

I like the Nascar suggestion, maybe she will be a racer when she gets older, than 11!

[kaiyo4u]

There are still a few cultures that make 12 the adult age. Albeit they are not industrial cultures.
And yes, we need to throw out our nanny government. I got corporal punishment when I was young. It was usually a 2" leather belt folded over and that was reserved for the most heinous infractions (rebellion mostly). The ol' paddle with the holes drilled in it, once. My teacher was good at lifting students off the ground.

[slim1h2o]

Posted by markbrookhar at 02:56 PM : Jul 07, 2007

You didn't happen to go school in upstate ny, did you? Sounds like my teacher/coach.. LOL

[markbrookhar]

I have a great idea.... let the judge spank her with a oak paddle with holes in it, until welts are raised, like I was spanked with at school by my teacher/coach/ principle in Junior High in 1970. It only had to happen to me twice before I figured out I didn't want to be rebellious anymore.

If we once again allowed corporal punishment by parents, schools and other official authority figures and kids knew that misbehavior would result in punishment, then (while it would never eliminate misbehavior) it certainly would give them something to think about before acting so stupid.

Kid today know that they are only going to get yelled at or something insignificant for punishment (like grounded) so they have little fear of authority.

In Old Testament times, a rebellious child who could not be controlled by his/her parents was taken to the elders of the city, hauled outside the gates and stoned with stones until death. The other kids saw it and decided to obey their parents. It didn't have to happen often. I do not advocate this, but something more serious has to happen consistantly to show that crime is crime no matter what age or how stupid the person is being. BTW, in Old Testament culture a child became an adult at age 12, not 21!

[janeyre-2009]

RandalDs, you are a riot... I know this is serious, but I am still laughing... Thank goodness, no one was hurt. Driving at that speed. What about the 2 sisters, who abducted their little neighbor? The father said: I don't see why there is such a stink. Kid's do this all of the time... You wonder why children are a mess? The father of one of the rapist said: My son has a good heart, I don't see how he could be involved... Well the DNA connected him. Hopefully they will charge them as adults... The case of the thugs, holding a gun on a mother & son. Making the son perform *** acts on the mother, that happened in Florida. Can't they lock up the parents also?

[michellem99-2009]

In my day it was was child ,teen,young adult, adult, middle age ,elder. Today yall give it different name. When I was 11, the battle was over the traiing bra and I went to war over it. Today they drink drive. I was 11 in 65. Now they run wild. You can blame the nanny govt for the out of control of children. They need the turning over the knee and their bottom getting the paddle. Yes mine was paddled and I was told why. I smarted up.The law saids ...NOW YOU SEE IT. Answer try him/her as an adult..ADULT..This a girl and can't think and reason as an adiut. Their brain is a child's and still growing. They see then do. Parents are to bring them up properly. If that child is made a ward of the state then why. When it comes to foster homes I know that life. I lived it.Plus a postee asked so I answered him. They sanitised the schools. Now you see it. Do you like it and now you can't bring up the child right for fear WHAT your child could do to you. That child is taught he/she is the boss. I have seen children boss their parents.

[michellem99-2009]

In my day it was was child ,teen,young adult, adult, middle age ,elder. Today yall give it different name. When I was 11, the battle was over the traiing bra and I went to war over it. Today they drink drive. I was 11 in 65. Now they run wild. You can blame the nanny govt for the out of control of children. They need the turning over the knee and their bottom getting the paddle. Yes mine was paddled and I was told why. I smarted up.The law saids ...NOW YOU SEE IT. Answer try him/her as an adult..ADULT..This a girl and can't think and reason as an adiut. Their brain is a child's and still growing. They see then do. Parents are to bring them up properly. If that child is made a ward of the state then why. When it comes to foster homes I know that life. I lived it.Plus a postee asked so I answered him. They sanitised the schools. Now you see it. Do you like it and now you can't bring up the child right for fear WHAT your child could do to you. That child is taught he/she is the boss. I have seen children boss their parents.

[omega39-2009]

And the nominees for "Parents of the year" are....

[marlenehays]

What has a training bra got to do with this 11 year twit got to do with anything? NO matter what her parent are responsible for her actions!!
Were her parents on a vacation or something? They sure didn't raise her with any morals or this child possessed no common sense to know right from wrong. Charge her as an adult, being her actions were that of a stupid adult.....