Source St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS, MO — Prosecutors charged an East St. Louis woman on Monday after police said her 8-year-old child was driving her car the wrong way on a downtown street while she was unconscious in the back seat alongside a 3-year-old who was not in a car seat.
Latonya Mayes-Gale, 28, is facing two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after police say she told her 8-year-old to drive the car because she couldn't.
Officers found them at Walnut and South 4th streets. The child was driving west in the eastbound lane, court documents say.
Mays-Gayle is being held in the St. Louis jail without bond.
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