MI - Dad drunk in go-cart crash that killed daughter, Detroit, August 2018

[BetteDavisEyes]

Prosecutor: Father drove drunk in fatal go-kart crash

A 29-year-old Detroit man has been charged with drunken driving and child abuse over a Wednesday morning go-kart crash that killed his 4-year-old daughter and injured another daughter, 5, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced Thursday...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Detroit man charged in go-kart crash that killed 4-year-old daughter

Man accused of driving while intoxicated

...According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Ollante Arvell Young, 29, crashed the go-kart into a parked car around 2:50 a.m. Wednesday on St. Marys Street near Cambridge Avenue. His 4-year-old and 5-year-old daughters were riding with him. The 4-year-old girl, Autumn Young, was killed in the crash. Her 5-year-old sister suffered non-life-threatening injuries...

 

[frisson]

2:50 am??

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

what a beautiful girl... I can only hope it was instant for her...

her sister will need some therapy, for starters...

Responsibilities. Consequences. Forgot to take those concepts seriously, dad, and now what?

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

2:50 am??

Can you believe it? Why on earth were the children awake at the hour, and what on earth possessed the father to take them out in a go-cart in the wee hours? Unbelievable

 

[Lmustang89]

Can you believe it? Why on earth were the children awake at the hour, and what on earth possessed the father to take them out in a go-cart in the wee hours? Unbelievable

Same thought I had too

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Detroit man due in court Monday after go-kart crash kills 4-year-old daughter

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

The go-kart only had one seat and did not have seatbelts or headlights, according to the Prosecutor's Office.

Young is also accused of driving the go-kart under the influence of alcohol. He was charged with operating while intoxicated causing death, two counts of second-degree child abuse, and two counts of operating while intoxicated with an occupant under the age of 16.