Twelve year old New York girl makes alarming phone call to New York State police saying she was in the car with her mother who was driving drunk. Driving drunk with a child 15 years old or younger in the car is punishable under Leandra's Law in New York State. Staten Island and New York laws prohibit drunk driving but depending on the situation depends on the severity of the charges against the drunk driver. Driving with a child in the car with a BAC (blood alcohol content) of 0.08 or higher is illegal and the drunk driver will be convicted of a felony on the first offense. For more information on drunk driving accidents in New York call 800.976.4904.

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7/30/2010
Vicky Gracia
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New York Mother Arrested for Driving Drunk with Daughter in the Car

According to a recent article in the New York Times a mother was arrested Sunday night for drunk driving in New York after her daughter made multiple calls to the police reporting that her mother was intoxicated and swirving in and out of lanes.  The New York State police responded to the call made by the 12 year old girl and arrested the mother for driving drunk. 

A New York State law known as Leandra's Law states that if a driver is driving drunk with a child age 15 or younger with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 or higher they will be convicted of a felony on the first offense.  The woman mentioned in this arrest was held to Leandra's Law which was put in place originally in 1999 after a young New York girl was killed in an accident caused by a drunk driver who happened to be the mother of one of her friends who was driving the SUV.



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