A drunk mother hit her elderly boyfriend with her car – breaking his neck – before driving into a nearby lake with their six-month-old baby in the backseat, police have said.
Latonya Kirven and her baby were only saved when a group of heroic teenagers who witnessed the incident on Monday jumped into the water at Offatts Bayou, Texas.
When the 31-year-old mother was pulled from the water, Galveston police arrested her and charged her with driving while intoxicated with a child and assault with a deadly weapon.
Authorities said the incident started when Kirven and her 70-year-old boyfriend, Matt Grey, began fighting and she jumped into her car and hit him, leaving him in critical condition in hospital.
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