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'Drunk, Cell-Chatting' Driver Charged in Texas Kid Deaths

Dad faces trial for 'intoxication manslaughter'

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(Newser) – A Houston driver was charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter yesterday after his car careened into a flooded ditch, killing three of his kids and two others. The 32-year-old dad was arrested after failing an on-the-spot sobriety test, said police. The body of a 4-year-old girl is still missing, reports the Houston Chronicle. The driver was on his cell phone when the accident occurred, according to law enforcement authorities.

Police recover a car that was submerged in a rain-filled ditch where five young passengers died.
Police recover a car that was submerged in a rain-filled ditch where five young passengers died.   (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Melissa Phillip)
The driver and two others escaped the crashed car, but five children were killed.
The driver and two others escaped the crashed car, but five children were killed.   (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Melissa Phillip)
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It was a freak accident. We were talking on the phone and he was like 'dang,' and I assumed he dropped
the phone. - Tracey Easley, mom of one
of the dead kids, who called
the driver before the crash

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