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DPS: 13-Year-Old Drunk Driver Hurt in Rollover Crash on I-40 Near Flagstaff
The 13-year-old driver had a blood alcohol content of .183 and drove a stolen truck over 100 mph wrong-way on I-40, causing a crash with non-life-threatening injuries to both children.
- Early Tuesday, troopers were alerted to a wrong-way driver on Interstate 40 near Flagstaff, where a 13-year-old girl driver crashed a stolen pickup truck into a tree.
- Authorities say the stolen pickup truck fled from Flagstaff Police Department before the driver recorded a blood alcohol concentration 0.183, over double the adult legal limit.
- High-Speed travel and guardrail contact led to multiple rollovers; the truck reached speeds over 100 mph before veering onto a guardrail, rolling several times, and ejecting the severed steering wheel about 50 feet, with photos shared by AZDPS showing severe damage.
- State troopers detained the 13-year-old driver Tuesday, and both the driver and 11-year-old passenger were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries while facing DUI charges processed in juvenile court.
- In a Facebook post, Arizona Department of Public Safety warned `We're thankful the kids are okay, but this could've ended way worse,` and said troopers observed 6 out of 6 signs of intoxication as the investigation continues.
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The New Yorkian | The True New Yorker - thoughtful, courteous, honest and helpfulDruken 13-year-old accused of crashing, flipping ‘stolen’ car during high-speed wrong-way joyride: cops
A 13-year-old from Arizona allegedly drove drunk on Interstate-40 in Flagstaff before crashing into a guardrail, rolling the Chevy Silverado multiple times and crashing into a tree at 1 a.m. Tuesday.
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