HOUSTON (AP) - Houston police say a sleeping 4-month-old was injured when a suspected drunken driver crashed into a home.
Officers say the 20-year-old driver ran a stop sign, drove into the driveway and then crashed through the front of the home early Sunday morning.
Authorities tell the Houston Chronicle that the car crashed into the front room where infant Elizabeth Cedillo was sleeping. She was taken to a hospital, where she was placed on life support Sunday evening.
Police say the driver fled after the crash, but was later arrested. He was taken to the hospital and was treated for a broken arm.
Authorities said he is expected to be charged with intoxication manslaughter.
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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com
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Update
HOUSTON (AP) - A man who Houston police say crashed into a home, gravely injuring a 4-month-old girl sleeping in a front room, has been charged with intoxication manslaughter.
Nineteen-year-old David Chacon remained in the Harris County jail on $30,000 bond Monday, a day after he was charged. A court coordinator said there was no attorney listed for him.
Police say Chacon ran a stop sign in the pickup truck he was driving, then traveled up the home's driveway before crashing into the home early Sunday morning. Police say the truck hit the infant, Elizabeth Cedillo, who was asleep in a front room.
Police said Monday that doctors at Memorial Hermann Hospital said she remained on life support.
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