| Another Mom Busted For Alleged DWI With Kids In Car |
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 | | Tania Axtell |
November 20, 2009
BATH -- Another Southern Tier mother has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her kids in the car.
New York State Police picked up 35-year-old Tania Axtell of Prattsburgh after a hit-and-run property damage accident on State Route 54A in Pulteney.
They say Axtell had a blood alcohol level of 0.09% and was driving with four kids -- aged two to seven -- at the time of the accident.
She's charged DWI and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
This is the second DWI crash in the Southern Tier involving children in as many weeks. As we reported Tuesday, 26-year-old Tabitha Morris of Painted Post allegedly drove drunk and crashed on County Road 100 in Tuscarora with her two-year-old in the back seat.
On Wednesday, Gov. David Paterson signed Leandra's Law, named after an 11-year-old killed in a drunk driving crash downstate. It makes driving drunk with a child in the car a felony, instead of a misdemeanor.
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