Sitter Accused of Passing Out With 5 Kids in Car
From Times Wire Reports
A baby sitter with five children in her car was arrested on drunk driving charges after she passed out at a rest stop near Covington and one of her charges, a 7-year-old girl, used a cell phone to call 911, police said.
Linda Hebert, 40, of Picayune, Miss., was found slumped over the steering wheel with the car’s engine still running, the St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s office said. The children were unhurt.
Hebert had a blood-alcohol level of 0.27, well over the 0.10 limit, police said.
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