Drunk father lets 8-year-old son drive pickup: police

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Drunk father lets 8-year-old son drive pickup: police

By Kathy Finn | Reuters – 4 hrs ago

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A drunk father allegedly allowed his 8 year-old son to drive his pick-up truck on a southeast Louisiana highway on Saturday while he slept, until patrol officers pulled over the boy, police said.

The boy was driving the Chevrolet truck on Interstate 12 near the town of Holden, with his father in the passenger seat and his 4 year-old sister in the back seat, Louisiana State Police said in a statement.

A passing motorist noticed the pick-up truck was being driven erratically and called police.

When Louisiana state troopers pulled over the truck in Livingston Parish, they found the 8 year-old boy behind the wheel and interviewed the father, 28 year-old Billy Joe Madden of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, police said.

Police said they determined Madden was drunk and that he had been sleeping while his son drove the vehicle, en-route to Dallas, Texas.

Madden was arrested and booked into jail on two counts of child desertion, parent allowing a minor to drive, open container and two counts of no child restraint and no seatbelt.

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Madden was arrested and booked into jail on two counts of child desertion, parent allowing a minor to drive, open container and two counts of no child restraint and no seatbelt.

The The The seatbelt is there to protect the driver in case of an accident, BOOM!

 

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Seriously

Police: Dad sleeps, lets son, 8, drive on I-12

LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. — A Missississippi man let his 8-year-old son drive on Interstate 12 while he slept, Louisiana State Police reported Saturday.

State police said they received a call shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday about a green Chevrolet pickup truck driving erratically on the interstate in Livingston Parish. The caller told police that a child appeared to be the driver of the pickup.

Troopers stopped the vehicle, and they said a boy was driving the truck while his father, Billy Joe Madden, 28, of Hattiesburg, Miss., slept in the passenger seat.

Read the original story at WDSU.com

Police said that Madden's 4-year-old daughter was riding in the backseat.

After interviewing Madden, troopers said they determined that he was intoxicated and fell asleep while his son drove from Hattiesburg en route toward Dallas.

State police said they arrested Madden and charged him with two counts of child desertion, parent allowing a minor to drive, open container and two counts of no child restraint and no seat belt.

According to troopers, the two children were not injured, and they were turned over to he state Child Protective Services waiting for a family member to pick them up.

Madden was booked into the Livingston Parish Jail, and his bond was set at $1,474, police said.​

 

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http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214564

Already posted.

Incredibly dangerous and stupid by that guy btw.

 

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http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214564

Already posted.

Incredibly dangerous and stupid by that guy btw.

I like my headline better.