Two young ladies were injured in an accident in Clay County Missouri. According to the Missouri Highway patrol and the investigating officer Trooper J.E. Givens just shortly before midnight on Interstate Highway 69 at North Oak Trafficway the accident occurred. The collision occurred when a 2006 Dodge driven by Patrick Washington ran a red light and struck the right rear of a 2008 Chrysler. The only occupant of the 2008 Chrysler was Kierrhia Knox, age 23, of Kansas City, Missouri. She was seriously injured and was taken to North Kansas City Hospital by EMS. There were two other occupants of the 2006 Dodge, Kevin harris age 30, of Kansas City, Missouri and Quiesta Taylor of Kansas City, Kansas. Both were injured and taken to hospitals for care.
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A wife was caught drunk driving as she drove to bail out her husband who had been busted for DUI just hours earlier, it has been claimed.
April Cassidy Velez, 32, was arrested Saturday night after making her
way to police headquarters in Hamden, Conn., to pick up Edwin Velez III. Police say she appeared intoxicated at the front desk and arrested her. They later found her pickup truck, littered with empty beer cans and
wine bottles, parked in a spot reserved for police vehicles.
Her husband, 33, had been detained earlier in the evening after police
found his car, empty but with the engine still running, crashed into a
snow bank. He was found at his home, nearby, and failed a sobriety test. He was almost three times over the legal blood-alcohol limit.
He has been charged with driving while intoxicated and risk of injury to a minor.
Police say his wife and their 5-year-old daughter had been in the car at the time of his crash.
April Velez has been charged with with driving while intoxicated. Both were released and will appear in court on Feb. 22.