A DRINKING CUP IN ONE OF THE
BUGS.
MEYER HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL
OF .186.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY
FOUND NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK WHILE
HER MOTHER AND MOTHER'S
BOYFRIEND WERE SITTING NEXT TO
HER, INTOXICATED.
HAPPENED LAST SUNDAY IN A
RURAL AREA OF POLK
COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF BALSAN
LAKE.
ANGELA DAVIS TALKED WITH AN
INVESTIGATOR, WHO SAYS
IT IS A MIRACLE NO ONE GOT
HURT.
SHE WAS SEATED IN THE
DRIVER'S SEAT WITH THE TWO
ADULTS SEATED TO HER RIGHT.
IN THE MIDDLE AND PASSENGER
SEAT POSITIONS, AND AN
11 MONTH OLD CHILD BEHIND THEM
IN THE BACK OF THE
CAR.
Reporter:  A CHILD DRIVER,
AND BABY IN A CAR
SEAT.
THAT'S WHAT POLK COUNTY
DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND LAST
SUNDAY NEAR AMERY AFTER OTHER
DRIVERS REPORTED
SEEING A PICKUP TRUCK SWERVING
ALONG THE RURAL ROAD.
ALSO IN THE TRUCK, ACCORDING TO
DEPUTIES, TWO
INTOXICATED ADULTS.
THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER, AMANDA
EGG,RT, AND HER
BOYFRIEND JASON ROTH.
DEPUTIES FOUND THE PICKUP TRUCK
HERE AT A PUBLIC
BOAT LAUNCH ALONG THE APPLE
RIVER.
IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE AND
ROLLING BACKWARDS TOWARDS
IT RIVER WITH BOTH ADULTS AND
BOTH CHILDREN STILL
INSIDE.
AT WHICH TIME, THE DEPUTY
WAS ABLE TO JUMP INTO
THE VEHICLE AND PLACE IT IN
PARK, AND SECURE THE
VEHICLE.
Reporter:  DEPUTIES STOPPED
AT AMERY HOSPITAL
BEFORE TAKING THE ADULTS TO
JAIL.
IT WAS HERE THEY SAY THE
CHILDREN'S MOTHER CONTINUED
TO SWEAR AS WELL AS SWING AND
KICK AT THEM.
THE FEMALE HAD A SIGNIFICANT
LACERATION ON HER
HAND THAT SHE JUST DIDN'T SEEM
TO EVEN CARE ABOUT.
QUITE INTOXICATED.
Reporter:  INVESTIGATORS
SAY, WHEN THEY
QUESTIONED EGGERT AND ROTH,
THEY OFFERED AN
EXPLANATION WHY THE NINE-YEAR-
OLD WAS BEHIND THE
WHEEL.
THEY SAY SHE WAS PRACTICING HER
DRIVING.
WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE NO
ONE WAS KILLED IN
THIS INCIDENT.
THE MOTHER -- THE CHILDREN'S
MOTHER AND HER
BOYFRIEND ARE NOW FACING FELONY
CHARGES.
THE POLICE REPORT STATES THEY
WERE EACH WELL OVER
TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, AT
.20 AND .25.
THE NINE-YEAR-OLD AND BABY
