Lufkin Woman Arrested for DWI after Wreck
Posted/updated on: November 2, 2011 at 10:31 am
ANGELINA COUNTY — A Lufkin woman was arrested Saturday evening on a driving while intoxicated charge after crashing her car into the back of a hayride full of children in the Central community.
Rita Maxie, 47, was southbound on Farm Road 2251 around 8:00pm when she rear-ended the hayride stopped at a stop sign at Farm Road 2021, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report. The hayride, carrying 22 adults and kids, was part of a baseball team party. The kids on the hayride ranged in age from 2 to 14, according to the DPS report.
Maxie was taken to the Angelina County Jail, where she posted a $1,500 bond hours later. Her Ford Mustang was towed from the scene.
