Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Police: Dad abandons kids after drunken-driving crash (Homer City, Indiana)

Dad ULRIC DARON MCKENZIE has been charged with child endangerment, reckless endangerment, and DUI after he fled a drunken-driving crash and left his 3 children--ages 3, 4, and 6--in the vehicle. Not a word here about the children's mother.

http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x563633191/Father-abandons-kids-after-drunken-driving-crash-police-say

April 25, 2010

Father abandons kids after drunken-driving crash, police say

The Tribune-Democrat

HOMER CITY — An Indiana County man was charged with endangering the welfare of children after authorities said he fled a drunken-driving crash leaving his three children in the vehicle.

State police in Indiana said Ulric Daron McKenzie, 29, of Homer City allegedly crashed his vehicle at 7:16 p.m. Friday on U.S. Route 119 south in Center Township.

Witnesses said the vehicle was speeding when the driver lost control and struck a utility pole.

The driver then fled leaving children ages 3, 4 and 6 in the vehicle, troopers said. The children were not secured and the airbags deployed. There was no report of injuries.

Troopers later found McKenzie and charged him with child endangerment, reckless endangerment and DUI.