Just No
The Oregonian– “A Springfield woman was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with two counts of reckless endangerment after multiple drivers reported a car towing three children — her 2-year-old daughter, 4-year-old son and 8-year-old nephew — in a small, plastic red wagon going around a busy roundabout multiple times during rush hour.
Police were not initially aware of the third child and a third charge is now pending.
This story was first reported by The Register-Guard.
Lt. Scott McKee, a spokesperson for Springfield Police Department, said Friday over the phone that Alana Nicole Donahue, 27, admitted to officers that she was towing children behind her white Ford Taurus in a wagon attached with a rope.
Lt. McKee told The Oregonian/OregonLive that Donahue told police it wasn’t a big deal, that she was “showing the kids a good time,” and only driving 5 miles per hour.
According to Lt. McKee, witnesses saw something different.
“I talked to a witness today that said she saw them go by her house in their neighborhood and they were going like 30 miles an hour,” Lt. McKee said.
In a press release, police said that a witness reported the youngest child begin to cry after the wagon went up on two wheels during the trip.”
Oregon Women Towing Kids
Come on lady, I understand your trying to entertain your children and give them an awesome theme park style experience, but lets just use some common sense. This is just a bummer, pure and simple. At least the kids weren’t hurt, and hopefully this women will get the help she obviously needs. Lets also not take her kids away, maybe sign her up for some community college classes, or Parenting classes?
