A man from Hattiesburg, Mississippi was taken into custody yesterday by Louisiana State Police for allowing his 8-year-old son to drive him home while he was passed out drunk in the front seat. According to LSP the boy, his father, and his 4-year-old sister were headed home to Dallas, TX! The boy was pulled over after a concerned driver called the police because the pick-up truck was driving erratically. Thankfully the boy and his young sister are ok and were turned over to protective services until a sober family member arrived. Read more about their story after the jump.
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Police say that motorists called authorities after noticing a pickup truck driving erratically on the interstate. Troopers were able to stop the vehicle and found the 8-year-old in the driver’s seat. Troopers noticed Holden in the passenger seat and his 4-year-old daughter in the back seat. As police interviewed Holden, they determined that Holden was en route from Hattiesburg to Dallas, TX. They also determined that Holden was intoxicated and sleeping while his son was driving, according to a State Police spokesperson.
Holden was arrested and booked in the Livingston Parish Jail. He is charged with two counts of child desertion, parent allowing a minor to drive, open container, two counts of no child restraint and no seatbelt. Both children were turned over to child protection services, while awaiting the arrival of a family member.
