Mother passes out following drunken crash, infant found lying in front passenger seat

TEXARKANA, Texas (KETK) — Following a drunken physical argument with her boyfriend, a Texarkana woman was arrested for driving while intoxicated and endangering her 3-month-old baby in a crash on Sunday morning.

According to the Texarkana Police Department, officers received a disturbance call at 3:30 a.m. from a man reporting that he and his 33-year-old girlfriend, Cheyenne Foster, had gotten into a physical argument after a night of “heavy drinking.”

By the time officers arrived at the home on Breckenridge Street, Foster had already left the house with their 3-month-old child and was reportedly heading toward a relative’s home in Ashdown. The police department immediately began looking for Foster, as her level of intoxication was concerning for her and the child’s safety.

The police department said Foster eventually answered her phone and told officers that she had been involved in a crash with the child in the car but refused to provide a location out of fear of being arrested.

Officers were able to locate her via phone ping after more than an hour of searching, which led them to Hush Puppy Road just south of the Red River.

The vehicle was found in a ditch, with Foster passed out in the driver’s seat and the child lying in the front passenger seat.

“The child was not in a baby carrier,” the police department said. “At the time, the temperature was about 48 degrees, the windows were down, and the baby was wearing only a diaper.”

Foster was not reported to have sustained any injuries. Still, following a check with EMS, the child was transported to a hospital by ambulance for a minor chest injury that is believed to have occurred during the crash.

Foster was arrested for driving while intoxicated with a minor passenger and child endangerment, with the additional charge of assault family violence of bodily injury, which was related to the initial incident at her home. She was booked into the Bi-State Jail with a $180,000 bond and was released on Monday.

“Please never drive impaired – and certainly not with your kids in the vehicle,” the police department said.