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Oklahoma toddler 'takes wheel for drunken mother' | Oklahoma toddler 'takes wheel for drunken mother' |
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An Oklahoma woman has been arrested after police say she drunkenly fell out of her pickup truck and her three-year-old son steered the vehicle to safety across a four-lane road. | An Oklahoma woman has been arrested after police say she drunkenly fell out of her pickup truck and her three-year-old son steered the vehicle to safety across a four-lane road. |
Taloa Foster, 33, was charged with child endangerment. | Taloa Foster, 33, was charged with child endangerment. |
Witnesses said the toddler grabbed the wheel and steered the truck across lanes of traffic after his mother fell from the vehicle on Wednesday. | |
The boy's twin brother was also in the truck at the time. | The boy's twin brother was also in the truck at the time. |
The vehicle eventually crashed into an embankment along the road near Ada, about 80 miles (130km) southeast of Oklahoma City. | The vehicle eventually crashed into an embankment along the road near Ada, about 80 miles (130km) southeast of Oklahoma City. |
The boys were unhurt, police said. | The boys were unhurt, police said. |
Police said Ms Foster told them that the boy had unbuckled his seat belt and she was trying to secure him when she fell out of the vehicle. | Police said Ms Foster told them that the boy had unbuckled his seat belt and she was trying to secure him when she fell out of the vehicle. |
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