Woman claims she crashed to prevent drunk driving

[May 02, 2009]  ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A Palm Beach County woman told police she crashed her car into her boyfriend's truck to prevent him from driving drunk. The sheriff's office reports that a 33-year-old woman was charged Thursday for the April 13 crash.

That night, authorities said the woman put her two children, ages 7 and 1, into her car and went looking for her boyfriend. She eventually found him sitting in his truck in a Winn-Dixie parking lot. That's when authorities said she pulled up to the truck and rammed it, her children still in the car with her.

The woman was charged with aggravated battery and two counts of child abuse. She was being held without bail.

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Information from: The Palm Beach Post, http://www.pbpost.com

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