Florida mom tests nearly twice legal limit for DUI with daughter, 6, in car, police say

The Brief

  • A Florida mother was arrested after her six-year-old daughter was found waving down passing drivers for help on a busy highway shoulder.
  • Responding officers found the mom disoriented and vomiting in a damaged vehicle. Her daughter reported that her mother had been driving erratically after drinking wine in Mount Dora, police said.
  • Police reported that the mom refused field sobriety tests but later provided breath samples that registered nearly double the legal limit, leading to charges of DUI with a minor and child neglect.

APOPKA, Fla. A Florida mom was arrested on DUI charges after being accused of driving impaired with her six-year-old daughter in the car, police say.

The mother later provided two breath samples, testing at 0.155 and 0.149 – both well above the legal limit of 0.08.

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